Eaton v. Eaton

In this divorce suit, we deal with the effect of legislation lowering the age of majority on a court order for child support.

On May 13, 1971, Peter Thomas Eaton, Sr., the appellee, was granted a divorce from bed and board from Norma Faye Jones Eaton (now Norma Jones Mills), the appellant. The decree provided, inter alia, that a copy of a property settlement and support agreement dated April 19, 1971, “be filed with the papers in this cause.” The agreement provided for the payment by Eaton of $300 per month to his wife for the support of the child of the parties, Peter Thomas Eaton, Jr.,…