Addy ex rel. Addy v. Addy

— The principal question presented is whether, as the trial court decreed, a mother who procured a divorce in a foreign state with an award of custody of her small child, but without an allowance for its support, may require the father, domiciled in Iowa over whom the divorce court acquired no personal jurisdiction, to contribute to the child’s support.

Plaintiff obtained the divorce in Seattle, Washington, where she and the child were domiciled. (We refer to the mother as plaintiff although she brings this action “for the use and benefit of” her child.) On June 11, 1946, personal service of…