Blackwood v. Floyd

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This appeal evolves from a divorce decree awarded to appellee, Casey Floyd, against appellant, Jim Blackwood, on July 23, 1998. Blackwood’s son from a previous marriage, Jim-Jim, had lived with Floyd and Blackwood during their three-and-a-half-year marriage. The parties’ divorce decree, entered September 8, 1998, made no mention of Jim-Jim, and stated that there were no children born of the marriage. Apparently, because Floyd had established a maternal relationship with Jim-Jim, Floyd and Blackwood had entered into a private agreement, allowing Floyd to visit the child upon…