Schoennauer v. Schoennauer

Citations

• 77 Wash. 132
• 137 P. 325
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1906

Syllabus

<p>Parent and Child — Action for Support — Defenses — Divorce-Effect. A decree of divorce on the ground that the wife had abandoned her husband, does not preclude a subsequent action by the wife to recover for the support of a minor child, where the complaint in divorce made no mention of the child and no steps were taken to give the court jurisdiction to make proper orders for its custody and support, or any disposition of the property rights of the parties.</p> <p>Divorce — Custody and Support of Child — Jurisdiction. The fact that the defendant wife in an action for divorce was a nonresident, does not prevent the court from making orders for the custody and support of a child, if defendant appears and submits herself and child to the jurisdiction of the court.</p> <p>Parent and Child — Duty to Support — Divorce. The duty of a father to provide support for his minor 'child cannot be escaped by obtaining a decree of divorce from his nonresident wife, ignoring the existence of the child.</p>