Tucker v. Tucker

Susan Tucker was divorced from Irvin Tucker by decree entered January 3, 1974, which awarded custody of their minor son, Damon Shane Tucker, to the mother. It also ordered the father to pay child support in the sum of $75 per month. He appeals.

Error is first assigned to the trial court’s denial of a motion for continuance made at the commencement of trial on the ground that counsel for the father was not prepared to proceed. In support of his motion, trial counsel related the following circumstances. The father was first informed of the trial date on August 17, 1973, when a default decree of…