Jones v. Minc

(dissenting) — I dissent. The majority recognizes the general rule that a guardian is without standing to maintain a divorce in behalf of his ward. It carves out an exception, however, on the theory that the ground for divorce in the instant case is the same ground upon which an annulment of a voidable marriage could have been maintained prior to the Divorce Act of 1949, RCW 26.08.020; and that the policy for the rule which denies a guardian thé standing to institute a divorce action in behalf of his ward on this ground should not apply. Moreover, the ground for the divorce here represents…