Bedolfe v. Bedolfe

Citations

• 71 Wash. 60
• 127 P. 594
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 691

Syllabus

<p>Venue — Change — Bias of Judge — Time. An application for change of venue on account of the bias of the judge, made in a proceeding to modify a decree of divorce respecting the custody of a child, is in time if made at the first appearance of the respondent in such proceeding.</p> <p>Venue — Change—Bias of Judge — Scope of Act. Laws 1911, p. 617, authorizing a change of venue on account of the bias of the judge applies to a proceeding to modify a decree of divorce respecting the custody of a child.</p> <p>Divorce — Decree—Custody of Child — Operation and Effect. Where a decree of divorce awarded the custody of one child to the wife and of one child to the husband, with the right to both parties to visit the children, and after the husband had sent his child outside of the state to its paternal grandparents, the court denied an application to modify the decree, but confirmed it, the original decree will not be interpreted as requiring that the child be kept within the jurisdiction of the court.</p> <p>Divorce — Custody of Child — Right of Visitation — Modification of Decree. Where the wife is denied the right to visit the child as provided in the decree, by reason of the hostility of the paternal grandparents having custody of the child, she may apply to the court of first instance for a modification of the decree or for a rule against the defendant for contempt; but the right to visit a child is not absolute and must yield to the welfare of the child.</p>