Legal Opinion
Sampsell v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Decided October 1, 1948No. L. A. 20369PublishedCited by 177 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTraynor, J.
Petitioner, plaintiff in a divorce action pending in respondent court, seeks a writ of mandamus to compel respondent to hear his application for an order pendente lite awarding him custody of the minor child of plaintiff and defendant.
The parties to the divorce action were married in 1941 and have one child, born on September 13, 1944. The child lived with both parents in this state in the county of Los Angeles until June 3, 1946, when the parents separated. The child continued to live in California with defendant, his mother, until October 25, 1946, when she left California taking the child…
2Cases cited53 opinions
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