Horn v. Horn

TERRELL, Justice.

In August, 1953, appellee filed her complaint in Dade County praying for divorce from appellant on the ground of extreme cruelty and habitual intemperance. Defendant answered by denial and interposed the defense of separation from bed and board for abandonment in New York. Copy of the final judgment of the New York court entered April 30, 1953, was attached to the complaint. It awarded custody of their child, twenty-two months, to *861the mother and required the husband to pay $15 per week for its support.

At final hearing, the Circuit Court of Dade County ordered the husband to…