Roberts v. Roberts

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

This is a controversy between parents for the custody of their children. Appellee, Joe Roberts, married appellant, Thelma Holden, in Jackson County, Arkansas, in August, 1938; and these five children are of that union: Winnie May, a girl, 9 years old;1 Billie Joe, a boy, 7 years old; Betty Jo, a girl, 5 years old; Lewis Dillard, a boj^, 4 years old; and Joe D., a boy, 2 years old.

The husband and wife lived together until December 7, 1945, when Joe Roberts went to the Pacific Coast. The baby, Joe D., was born shortly thereafter. From California Joe Roberts sent back a…