McKay v. Superior Court

Citations

• 120 Cal. 143
• 52 P. 147
• 1898 Cal. LEXIS 725

Syllabus

<p>Divorce—Maintenance of Children—Order after Final Decree—Jurisdiction.—The superior court has jurisdiction to make an order at any time subsequent to a final decree of divorce requiring the father to maintain and support the children, though no such order was made in the decree, and though their care, custody, and control was awarded by the decree to the mother.</p> <p>Id.—Appeal from Order fob Maintenance—Allowance of Attorney’s Fees and Costs.—Upon appeal from an order after decree of divorce directing a payment by the father for the maintenance of children awarded to the custody of the mother, the court has jurisdiction to compel the father to pay an allowance for attorney’s fees and costs of printing to the mother as guardian of the children, to the end that they may properly respond upon the appeal.</p>