Hooten v. Hooten

The appellant and the ap-pellee were formerly husband and wife. They were divorced in a suit brought by the wife some time during the year 1926. At the time of the divorce they had two children, both minors; one a girl, then about 17 years of age; the other a boy about 14 years of age. It appears that in the divorce decree no provision was made for the cpstody of the children or for their maintenance and support. By agreement,, apparently, the children remained with their mother. This suit was filed by the appellee, Mrs. Hooten, against her former husband, as the next friend of her two minor…