Allen v. Allen

The interlocutory decree entered in this case on December 21, 1943, awarded the custody of the son of the parties, then nineteen months of age, to the respondent, but awarded to her foster mother, Edith L. Ridenour, the general supervision of the child while it was in respondent’s custody.

The giving of general supervision to Mrs. Ridenour proved to be very wise, for, within less than three weeks, respondent left her child to follow the pursuit of her own inclinations and did not return to her foster mother’s home in Walla Walla until some nine months later, in October, 1944. (Incidentally, as…