Andrews v. McMahan

HUDSPETH, Chief Justice.

The appellant married in the year 1926 at the age of seventeen and was divorced in Oct., 1931. The custody of an only child was awarded to its mother, appellee, who married Andrews, her present husband, three years later. Appellant by the decree of divorce was ordered to pay the mother $15 per month toward the support of the child and $100 attorney’s fee. Nothing has been paid. The present proceeding was commenced by an application for an order to show cause filed Dec. 4, 1937, by Martha Andrews, mother of the child and former wife of appellant. Appellant answered that…