Dolby v. Dolby

Citations

• 93 Wash. 350
• 160 P. 950
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 1197

Syllabus

<p>Divorcíe — Custody of Children — Modification—Suit Money — Allowance After Decree. Rem. 1915 Code, § 988, authorizing suit money pending an action for divorce, presupposes the existence of the marital relation; and after a divorce is granted, settling property rights and the custody of the child, the court cannot, upon the father’s application for modification of the decree respecting the child’s custody, require the payment of suit money and attorney’s fees to aid the mother in her defense to the motion.</p>