Hunnicutt v. Hunnicutt

Gregory, Justice.

Appellant Herman Hugo Hunnicutt filed for a divorce from appellee Judy Gail Hunnicutt on December 27,1979 on the grounds of cruel treatment and that the marriage was irretrievably broken. Appellee was served by publication. On January 11, 1980, Judge Robert J. Noland of the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit awarded appellant temporary custody of the couple’s three minor children. Appellee subsequently counterclaimed for divorce on the ground that the marriage was irretrievably broken; appellee also counterclaimed for custody of the three children, child support and alimony. In her…