Rediker v. Rediker

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment annulling as bigamous her marriage to defendant and awarding her $15,000 as a putative spouse for her share of the community property and as compensation for her services to defendant during the purported marriage. She seeks to abandon her appeal from the award of $15,000, but that award is based on the decree of annulment and is inseparable therefrom. The appeal must therefore be taken from the entire judgment. (Milo v. Prior, 210 Cal. 569, 571 [292 P. 647]; Bailey v. Bailey, 60 Cal.App.2d 291, 293 [140 P.2d 693].)

Defendant and Bessie Yalkut were married in…