Van Duyn v. Van Duyn

This appeal is from an order making an allowance for the support of minor children of the decedent.

The allowance was for $25 per month for the support of two minor children of Charles A. Van Duyn, deceased, who, from the force of circumstances, were compelled to live with their grand-parents — or one of them living part of the time with an aunt in Portland, *529where he attends high school during the school year. The reasonableness of the allowance is not contested.

The contention is that the court erred in making any allowance. It is conceded that the children were not, at the time of the death…