State Ex Rel. Mallett v. Shannon

In 1924, the relator, Norma Shannon, obtained a decree of divorce from George W. Shannon, the defendant in these contempt proceedings, and was awarded the custody of their minor son who was then about five years of age. There was no provision in the decree requiring the defendant to pay either alimony or for the support of the child.

In 1926, both of said parties remarried and some four years later relator’s second husband died. Thereafter, and in June, 1931, she applied to the court for an order requiring the defendant in these proceedings to contribute to the' support of their minor child…