Legal Opinion
Jones v. Jones
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 28, 1955No. Civ. 20531PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VALLÉE, J.
Appeal from a judgment which dismissed a petition denominated “Petition for Freedom from Custody” whereby Merle H. Jones, father of Christy Ann Jones, sought under section 701, subdivision (a), of the Welfare and Institutions Code to have it declared that Peggy B. Jones, mother of Christy Ann, had abandoned her.
Merle H. Jones and Peggy B. Jones were formerly husband and wife. On July 1, 1949 Peggy obtained an interlocutory decree of divorce from Merle. She was awarded custody of Christy Ann. On July 14, 1950, a final decree was entered. On November 8, 1951, the decree was modified…
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