State Ex Rel. Lucas v. Superior Court for King County

This case is here on certiorari to review an order of the superior court making an allowance for temporary support for a minor child pending an application to modify a divorce decree.

The relator, Frank Lucas, and his divorced wife, Anne Lucas (who will be referred to as the respondent), were married December 15, 1930. As a result of this marriage, one child was born.

December 1, 1932, an interlocutory decree of divorce was entered, awarding custody of the child to the respondent and making certain provisions for the maintenance of the respondent and the minor child. The final decree of…