Christmas v. Langston

Hill, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order holding the former husband in contempt for failure to make child support payments. The 1968 divorce judgment and decree between these parties provided in material part that the payment for the support of the three minor children "be decreased by one-third as each child dies, marries, attains the age of 21 years, or otherwise becomes emancipated.” When the oldest child became 18 years of age the father quit paying that child’s portion of the child support payment. The father contends that the "becomes emancipated” provision of the divorce decree…