Meeks v. Meeks

NORTHCUTT, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order sustaining a Plea in Abatement. Donald Dean Meeks filed suit in Moore County District Court for a divorce against Betty Fern Meeks alleging certain acts of cruel treatment and asked for custody of their two minor children. Mrs. Meeks was served with a citation in Moore County in said cause and a copy of the divorce petition was attached to the citation. Mrs. Meeks did not file any answer to said petition but wholly made default. In the original petition filed it did not state the ages of the minor children but before judgment of divorce was…