Maddox v. Maddox

On September 18th, 1933, Natalie Maddox filed in the Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City a bill for permanent alimony against her husband, Robert Maddox. She charged her husband with cruelty, desertion, and adultery. The wife asked to be awarded the custody of their two girl children, then six and two years of age. The husband answered the bill of complaint and denied the facts upon which the wife based her equity to alimony and the custody of the two infants. He asserted his wife was morally unfit to have the custody of the children. The answer of the husband was accompanied by his…