Walters v. Walters

On December 11, 1930, Wayne Walters as plaintiff procured a divorce from Mae Walters as defendant, in the district court of Pocahontas county. The decree, which was duly recorded, provided:

“Wherefore it is Ordered and Adjudged that the plaintiff have a divorce from the defendant and that the bonds of matrimony be and they are hereby dissolved and the defendant is given judgment that the plaintiff pay her the monthly sum of $12.00 from this date until their child Craig Walters shall become sixteen years of age and she is given the custody of the said infant; * * *.’’

The monthly award of $12…