Klinker v. Klinker

VALLÉE, J.

Appeal by plaintiffs from an order granting defendant Lawrence K. Klinker’s motion to squash and dismiss an order directing him to show cause why he should not provide for the support and maintenance of plaintiff Myrtle Nell Klinker, who will be referred to as plaintiff.

Plaintiff and defendant were married in 1923. In 1941 plaintiff was declared to be mentally incompetent and committed to a state hospital. In 1945 defendant obtained a divorce from plaintiff in Nevada on the ground that for more than two years she had been an insane person.

On January 25, 1949, plaintiff by and…