Legal Opinion
Waite v. Waite
California Supreme Court
Decided January 14, 1972No. L. A. 29905PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
TOBRINER, J.
On April 14, 1967, defendant Russell Waite, a retired California Superior Court judge, in an action for an ex parte divorce in Nevada obtained a judgment awarding him all benefits accruing under the Judges’ Retirement Law (Gov. Code, §§ 75000-75109). Plaintiff, Jean Waite, defendant’s former wife, brought the present action in the Riverside County Superior Court against defendant 1 and Houston Flournoy, State Controller and administrator of the Judges’ Retirement System. Following change of venue to Los Angeles County, on August 7, 1968, that court entered judgment awarding…
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