Sutherland v. Sutherland
Washington Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
Plaintiff wife, Joy Dabney Sutherland, was granted a divorce and custody of five of the six minor children. Defendant husband, Robert G. Sutherland, was given custody of their oldest minor son, Robert, Jr.
The decree of divorce, insofar as it affects the five minor children in the wife’s custody, requires the husband to (1) pay support money for a period that may possibly extend beyond the age of their majority; (2) establish a $50,000 trust fund, or purchase equivalent annuities for them; and (3) maintain $6,000 of insurance upon his life payable to the five minor children.
Defendant husband…
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