Kern v. Fletcher

Sarah Elizabeth Kern and Don Kern (now deceased) were married in 1910. Three children were born as a result of the marriage. On June 12, 1929, the respondent herein obtained a divorce in Minnesota on her cross complaint against her husband who had instituted the proceedings. The court awarded the respondent custody of- the three children, John, Priscilla, and Robert, who were then respectively 18, 11, and 10 years of age. Based upon stipulation of the parties, the court also decreed:

“That the plaintiff pay to the defendant, during defendant’s lifetime, the sum of One Hundred Seventy-five…