did not see David or Lois on that occasion. Lois found the note and asked David's sister, Jessie Gentry, about it. Mrs. Gentry told her that Clydia claimed to be still married to David, and Lois replied, "That's too bad. There is nothing she can do about it now."
August 9, 1963: David and Lois adopted Katherine. During the course of the adoption, the Department of Adoptions "verified" that Lois and David were legally married and the adoption decree so specified.
August 2, 1969: Lois and David separated. Lois left the family home out of fear for her life when David pointed a gun at her, told her to leave, and said that he would kill her if she took Katherine with her. Katherine continued to live with David untilJanuary 1971.
*214 Sometime in 1969: David attended a funeral in Texas and got in touch with Clydia through her uncle. David later sent her a plane ticket to Los Angeles.
December 24, 1969: Exactly 20 years after their separation, Clydia returned to David's house in Los Angeles and they "reconciled." She lived at the house with David and Katherine, but slept in the front room.
February 19, 1970: Clydia returned to Texas.
Easter 1970: Clydia returned to David's home in Los Angeles.
Sometime between Easter and the latter part of 1970: Clydia moved out, and got an apartment of her own. She continued to visit David. "I alternated between my apartment and his house. I would stay two or three days. He was out of work. He drank all day and walked