MANKIEWICZ v. MANKIEWICZ

No. 2980.

177 A.2d 913 (1962)

Iris Carolyn MANKIEWICZ, Appellant, v. Richard D. MANKIEWICZ, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided February 21, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice Friedman, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, retired) sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).


CAYTON, Acting Judge.

Appellant wife sued for divorce on the ground of desertion and for the custody of her infant child. Service by publication was had on the husband, who did not appear at the trial but was represented by court-appointed counsel. The trial court found that the husband had deserted his wife and child more than two years before the action was filed, that the wife is a proper and fit person to have permanent custody of the child, which was then three...

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