Bower v. Bower
Bower v. Bower
Opinion of the Court
The authority of a "court to make an order for the disposition, care, custody, control and maintenance of minor children when husband and wife are divorced or living separate and apart from each other, is conferred.by Sections 8032,- 8033 and .8034, General Code. Section 8035 provides that an appeal may be taken from such order. Section 11987, General Code, also provides that such order may be made in an action for divorce and alimony. Section 11994, General Code, provides that pending an action for divorce, divorce and alimony, or for alimony only, a court may grant alimony to either of the parties for his or her sustenance during the suit and an allowance for minor children dependent upon either party for support,
The provision of Section 12002, General Code, that when judgment is rendered for both divorce and alimony the appeal will lie only to so much of the judgment as relates to the alimony, does not affect the right to appeal from the order providing for the care, custody and maintenance of minor children, conferred by Section 8035, General Code, when such order is included as a part of the' judgment in that action. The only effect that Section 12002, General Code, has upon Section 8035, General Code, is to authorize an appeal by the wife, without giving bond.
The question presented in the case of Rogers v. Rogers, 51 Ohio St., 1, with reference to appeal in that case, is not identical with the question here. In that case a judgment was entered at the January term, 1889, granting the plaintiff a divorce and the custody of one minor child. The custody of five of the minor children was given to the father, and the decree further provided that the order as to the custody, of these children should be subject to any modification in the future that the coürt might see fit to make. No appeal was taken, or attempted to be taken, from this judgment. At the January
An appeal from a final judgment in an action for divorce and alimony or alimony only, confers upon the appellate court jurisdiction to hear and determine all questions involved in such suit, or incident thereto, that are appealable under the statutes of this state. Cox v. Cox, 19 Ohio St., 502. The only part of such judgment that cannot be appealed is the decree for divorce. The question of custody, care, control and maintenance of minor children of the parties to an action is incident to the suit. Where a divorce is granted, or where alimony is allowed to the wife for her separate maintenance, it is the duty of the court to make such order for the disposition, care and maintenance of the minor children of such marriage, if any, as is just, regardless of whether such question is presented by the pleadings or not.
The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed,
Judgment affirmed.
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