Miller v. Miller

Citations

• 103 Wash. 569
• 175 P. 295
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 1124

Syllabus

<p>Divorce — Alimony—Enforcement—Contempt Proceeding —Title —Parties. A proceeding to enforce a decree for alimony by means of notice and commitment for contempt in case of default, is not an independent contempt proceeding to be prosecuted in the name of the state, but is properly entitled in the divorce case. '</p> <p>Appeal — Review—Evidence. In the absence of the evidence on appeal, it will be assumed that there was ample to sustain an order for the payment of alimony, made on oral testimony.</p> <p>Divorce — Alimony — Property Settlement — Power of Court. Under Rem. Code, § 988, the court may make an order for alimony for the welfare of the children, even though the parties made a property settlement prior to the divorce.</p>