COHEN v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Docket No. 28526.

20 Cal.App.3d 236 (1971)

97 Cal. Rptr. 550

MARILYN JEAN COHEN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ALAMEDA COUNTY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

September 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Thomas L. Fike, Loren Mitchell and James C. Rosa for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Thomas C. Lynch and Evelle J. Younger, Attorneys General, Jefferson Frazier, Deputy Attorney General, Richard J. Moore, County Counsel, and Thomas J. Fennone, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

DEVINE, P.J.

This is an appeal from a judgment sustaining defendants' demurrer to plaintiffs' petition for a writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory relief. Plaintiffs brought suit on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated who are unable to proceed in California courts with their causes of action for dissolution of marriage or declaration of nullity because they lack the funds necessary to pay the costs for...

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