Difloe v. Difloe

The trial court granted Frank Difloe a divorce from Helen Difloe, finding that the wife was guilty of extreme cruelty in that “since on or about Christmas 1953 defendant [wife] has failed and refused to permit plaintiff to see or visit the minor child of the parties, . . . and has concealed the child’s whereabouts from the plaintiff, without any justification on defendant’s part or provocation on plaintiff’s part.” Helen Difloe appeals.

The plaintiff is a chief gunner’s mate in the United States Navy, on active duty. During the times here involved he was in San Francisco on relatively rare…