Burdick v. Burdick

A suit for divorce was instituted by the respondent herein, the appellant served and filed an answer and cross-complaint, and respondent answered the pleading last mentioned. The complaint alleged nonsupport and desertion, the existence of community property in Riverside County, and that $250 was a reasonable fee for an attorney whom the plaintiff was compelled to employ in order to present her action. She prayed judgment dissolving the bonds of matrimony, all of the realty constituting the community property, attorney’s fees in said amount, and temporary alimony and permanent maintenance,…