Smith v. South

283 P.2d 1073 (1955)

59 N.M. 312

Lottie SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

Bryan SOUTH, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 5883.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

May 18, 1955.

Dee C. Blythe, Clovis, for appellant.

Mears & Mears, Portales, for appellee.

COMPTON, Chief Justice.

The parties were divorced on May 12, 1945, in the State of Washington. The decree awarded the care, custody and control of their minor child to appellant and directed appellee to pay $30 monthly for her support. Subsequently, they established residence in New Mexico, and appellant, having remarried, brought this action to collect $870, arrearages…