Staley v. Staley

On 28 January 1974, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Judge H. Ralph Miller entered a decree in which, insofar as here relevant, he awarded the appellant, Melinda Margaret Stack Staley (mother), an absolute divorce from the appellee, William Cressler Staley (husband, alleged father), on the ground of a voluntary separation. In this decree Judge Miller denied the mother’s request for a permanent award of support for two children, Matthew Kale and Christopher Marc Staley, her twin sons whom she alleged were fathered by her husband. It is from that portion of the decree, which denied…