RUSSELL v. RUSSELL

No. 3508.

202 A.2d 921 (1964)

Lewis Henry RUSSELL, Appellant, v. Vivian V. RUSSELL, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 7, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Shorter, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Wesley S. Williams, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellee but filed no brief.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.


QUINN, Associate Judge.

At the conclusion of this divorce proceeding the mother was awarded custody of the six-year-old female child of the parties while the father was awarded custody of the male children, ages seventeen and fifteen. The sole question on appeal is whether the award of $20 each week for the support of the female child was excessive. The testimony established that the father earned approximately $62 a week.

It is settled that a father has a...

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