Pendray v. Pendray

The question here presented is whether a father should be relieved of supporting his children because his former wife, their mother, has not complied to his satisfaction with the provisions of the divorce decree awarding her exclusive custody of the children but permitting him to visit them at reasonable times and places.

This case originated as a suit for divorce in which Julia Condon Pendray sued Thomas Pendray charging cruel and inhuman treatment. A decree of absolute divorce was awarded her on October 12, 1946. The same decree awarded the custody of two sons, now aged 14 and 10, to her and…