Smith v. Frates
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered June 1, 1918, modi-, fying a decree of divorce as to the custody of children, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This controversy relates to the custody and welfare of three girls, now about twelve, ten, and eight years of age, respectively. Their parents, the parties to the suit, were married on December 30, 1905, and divorced on August 18, 1917. By the decree of divorce, all three of the children were awarded to the father. Each of the parents has since remarried, not one to the other. Upon application of the mother,the original decree was so modified that she was given' “the absolute custody and control of said minor children,” allowing the father to have them at specified occasional short periods of…
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