Barnett v. Barnett

LAWSON, Justice.

The appeal is from a decree overruling demurrer to a petition for custody of an infant.

The petition, held sufficient by the court against demurrer, was by Sarah Ann Barnett against her former husband, William G. Barnett, seeking custody of Gerald Mitchell Barnett, their minor son. In the divorce decree rendered on January 17, 1958, the court awarded custody to the father.

The pleading now under consideration, although in the form of an original bill in equity, is in the nature of a supplemental petition in the same cause and seeks a modification of the decree of January 17,…