Forrest v. Forrest

MOSK, J. pro tem. *

Plaintiff appeals from refusal of the court below to award alimony pendente lite after hearing on her order to show cause. The court concluded the proceeding by ordering “The matter of support of plaintiff is continued to time of trial.” An order was made for attorney’s fees and court costs, from which no appeal was taken.

The estranged husband and wife herein had been married for 18 years prior to their separation on September 1, 1947. Suit for divorce was filed by the appellant on October 31, 1952.

In the five-year interim appellant cared for an aged, invalided mother, for…