Shelor v. Shelor

Gregory, Justice.

Susan Shelor brought this action to modify child support in the Superior Court of Baldwin County. Subsequent to service of process on October 14, 1988, Robert Shelor, a captain on active duty in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, received orders to report to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for a thirty-month tour of duty to commence January 3, 1989. Robert answered, raising several equitable defenses. He also filed a motion to stay the proceedings pursuant to The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, 50 USCA § 521. The trial court held a hearing on December 28, 1988,…