State ex rel. Mead v. Superior Court

Citations

• 108 Wash. 636

Syllabus

<p>Infants (4)—Custody of Dependents—Powers of Court—Modification of Order—Proceedings—Discretion. The juvenile court law, Rem. Code, § 1987-1 et seq., having given the court power to modify or set aside an order for the custody of a child without providing the manner of its exercise or defining the person entitled to institute the proceedings, it is discretionary for the court to inquire into the interest of a party seeking the relief before directing process, which does not issue as a matter of right.</p> <p>Venue (20)—Change—-Prejudice of Judge —Time for Application. Since process to revoke an order for the custody of a child is not a matter of right, one who invokes the discretion of the court by filing an application for a modification cannot, after its exercise, ask a change of judges on account of prejudice, since it is not timely, under Rem. Code, §§ 209-1, 209-2, requiring an application for the change to be made on the party’s first appearance.</p>