Zachary v. Zachary

On May 16,1931, plaintiff, Bernice Zachary, filed in the circuit court for Multnomah county, a suit for the dissolution of the marriage contract then existing between herself and defendant, Lloyd B. Zachary, alleging as the basis thereof, wilful desertion by defendant for the period of more than one year. She asked for the custody of Bosalie Eleanor Zachary, then five years of age, being the only issue of said marriage. Defendant defaulted and a decree was entered in favor of the plaintiff. It appears that during the pendency of the suit the child was a ward of the court of domestic…