Roberts v. Roberts

226 S.W.2d 579 (1950)

ROBERTS

v.

ROBERTS.

No. 4-9009.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 23, 1950.

Rehearing Denied February 27, 1950.

Pickens, Pickens & Ponder, Newport, for appellant.

C. M. Erwin and Millard Harden, Newport, for appellee.

McFADDIN, Justice.

This is a controversy between parents for the custody of their children. Appellee, Joe Roberts, married appellant, Thelma Holden, in Jackson County, Arkansas, in August, 1938; and these five children are of that union: Winnie May, a girl, 9 years old;[1] Billy Joe, a boy, 7 years old; Betty Jo, a girl, 5 years old; Lewis Dillard, a boy, 4 years…