Parks v. Parks

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Me (Landless

Reversing.

In a divorce .proceeding between Margaret and Huston Parks in tbe Boyle circuit court in the year 1910 the wife was awarded a divorce and the -custody of their infant son, Leon, and alimony at the rate of $20.00 per month, so long as she remained unmarried, no reference being made in the judgment to maintenance.

The parties were young and had but little if any property, though the parents of each appear to have been in comfortable circumstances. Since that time the mother, with the aid of her father, has supported and cared for Leon, and paid…