Mullis v. Mullis

Hill, Justice.

The husband and wife signed a separation agreement providing for child custody, visitation, child support payments by the father, and property settlement. The wife filed suit praying for divorce, that the separation agreement be made the judgment of the court and for other proper relief. The husband acknowledged service of the complaint and consented that the case be tried at any time after the appearance date. No answer nor demand for jury trial was filed.

The matter came before the trial judge who accepted the separation agreement and incorporated it into the decree óf divorce,…