Stever v. Stever

Respondent was granted a divorce from appellant by default. There was one child, Betty Jean Stever, a girl then five years of age. No disposition was made as to her custody nor provision for her support in either the interlocutory or final decree of divorce. The child continued to live and reside with appellant, her mother, who still has her physical custody. On March 15, 1935, four years after the interlocutory decree was entered, appellant caused an order to show cause to be issued out of the trial court requiring the respondent to show cause on a day therein named, why legal custody should…