Sappington v. Fort

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

Ann and Gilbert Sappington were married May 1, 1943. On January 22, 1945, a son was born. The couple separated in April 1948. On April 30, 1948, Mrs. Sappington, through her attorney, filed in the Districc Court within and for the county of Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, a petition for separate maintenance (later amended seeking an absolute divorce), alimony, and custody of the child. By subsequent amended pleadings in the cause, it appears that the child, from the date of the separation in April, 1948, until the date of the final decree of the Oklahoma District Court,…