Falconer v. Falconer

A decree of divorce was granted to plaintiff wife on December 6 and filed on December 13, 1948. Because there was a dependent minor child under the age of 17 years in the case, the decree provided, in accord with statute and rule (CL 1948, § 552.9 [Stat Ann 1949 Cum Supp § 25.89] and Court Rule No 51, § 6, adopted October 13, 1947), that it, in the first instance, should be an interlocutory decree and not become final until 6 months from and after the date of its entry, at which time it should become final unless otherwise ordered by the court during said 6 months.

On October 5, 1949,…