State Ex Rel. Steen v. Wade

PONDER, Justice.

On October 30, 1943, H. C. Steen, a resident of LaSalle Parish, then serving in the U. S. Navy, filed suit against his wife, Sybil Wade Steen, seeking a divorce on statutory grounds and asking for the permanent custody of the minor child, Robert Michael Steen, issue of the marriage.

It was alleged that the marriage was consummated in LaSalle Parish on February 13, 1942, and that the matrimonial domicile was in that parish. The defendant, Sybil Wade Steen, answered in proper person, admitting all the allegations of the petition.

Prior to the trial of the case, Wiley O. Wade and…