Monroe v. Superior Court

28 Cal.2d 427 (1946)

EDWIN RUE MONROE, Petitioner,

v.

SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, et al., Respondents.

L. A. No. 19622.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 25, 1946.

Reynolds & Painter and Louis Miller for Petitioner.

J. H. O'Connor, County Counsel, Douglas De Coster, Deputy County Counsel, and Hahn, Ross & Goldstone for Respondents.

TRAYNOR, J.

A decree of separate maintenance ordered petitioner to pay his wife, for 27 months, $250 per month for her support and $50 per month for the support of their child. The decree provided that at the end of that period the payments for the support…