Hendrix v. Hendrix

This is an action for the custody of two minor children of plaintiff and defendant. Plaintiff and the children resided in Riverside County when the action was filed and defendant was personally served with summons in said county on November 27, 1953. She did not appear in the action and plaintiff’s attorneys received no request for continuance or other stipulation and defendant’s default was entered on December 10, 1953. On that day a hearing was had and the court, after hearing the evidence, awarded plaintiff the exclusive care, custody and control of the two children involved. On February…