Bestel v. Bestel

On the Merits

(53 P. (2d) 525)

Department 2.

RAND, J.

On September 5, 1934, in a suit then pending in the circuit court for Multnomah county and heard before the Honorable Clarence H. Gilbert, one of the judges thereof, the plaintiff, Malka Bestel, was granted a decree of divorce from the defendant, Fred Bestel, and was awarded the custody of their minor child, Frederic Bestel, then about 15 months of age.

On January 24, 1935, the defendant filed a motion in said court, supported by his own affidavit alone, praying that the child be taken from its mother and be awarded to him. This affidavit…