Penn v. Morgan

The question to be determined in this appeal upon stipulated facts is:

Where a divorce decree awards a minor child to the mother and directs the father to pay a monthly sum for its support, is the mother entitled to contribution from the father for medical and funeral expenses upon the minor child’s death?

The trial court answered this question in the. affirmative and entered judgment against the defendant father.

Plaintiff and defendant were divorced on February 28, 1964. The divorce decree contained the following provision:

It is Further Ordered that the Plaintiff is awarded the care, custody…