Spurrell v. Spurrell

This is an action by Lynda Spurrell to establish in California a judgment of divorce between the parties previously granted in the State of Washington in June 1952. The defendant has appealed from an adverse judgment relative to the amount owed to plaintiff for the support of the minor child, Colyn Peter Spurrell.

The decree approved a property settlement between the parties and awarded custody of their minor child, then 6 years of age, to the mother, subject to reasonable rights of visitation on the part of the father.

Thereafter, on April 20, 1953, the Washington court modified the original…