Dolby v. Dolby
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered December 22, 1915, denying a motion for an order requiring the payment of suit money and attorney’s fees into court pending the hearing of a petition for the modification of a divorce decree.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
On February 13, 1909, the appellant, Libbie Dolby, procured an absolute divorce from respondent, Lotan R. Dolby. By the terms of the decree, the property rights of the parties were fixed and determined and the custody of their minor child awarded to the appellant, subject to the right of the respondent to visit the child at fixed periods.
A petition was subsequently filed by the respondent praying that the decree be .modified to the extent that he be awarded the care and custody of the child in place of the appellant, alleging, among other things, that the appellant was not a fit and proper…
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