Ex parte Johnston

The petitioner, Wilburn L. Johnston, received a divorce from his wife, Lucille Johnston, October 4, 1947. The decree of divorce provided that he should pay $35 per month for the support of their two small children, Sammy Lee and Mary Ann, and it also reserved in the court jurisdiction to make other orders for the care of the children.

The husband not having made the payments provided for in the original decree, appropriate legal steps were initiated and on May 4, 1952, a petition was filed by the ex-wife and two children alleging delinquency in payments “both prior to and continuously from…