JOHNSON v. JOHNSON

No. 7759.

329 A.2d 451 (1974)

Mary Beverly JOHNSON, Appellant, v. James R. JOHNSON, a/k/a Philip Johnson, a/k/a James Ronald Johnson, Jr., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 10, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward E. Schwab, Washington, D. C., with whom Eleanor Hellrung and Andrew T. Moss, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and KELLY and FICKLING, Associate Judges.


KELLY, Associate Judge:

The simple facts of this appeal are that upon appropriate motion appellant, a welfare recipient, was allowed by the trial court to proceed in forma pauperis in her attempt to secure a divorce based upon a voluntary separation for one year without cohabitation.1 Later, when she was unable to effect service of the summons and complaint upon her husband, who had disappeared, appellant filed a "motion to reduce publication...

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