Turpin v. Turpin

SWOFFORD, Chief Judge.

This is a dissolution of marriage proceeding that comes to this Court upon a most unique record. The action was filed by the respondent-wife in February of 1977. In her petition, she alleged that the parties were married on January 14,1964 and were separated on February 18, 1977; that there were two children born of the marriage, Dollie Renee Turpin born October 1964 and Sandra Sue Turpin, born January 1966; that in addition, Gary Dale Turpin, born June 1968, a foster child, is a member of the household and she has cared for him since he was six months old; that no…