Shelpman v. Shelpman

The parties to this appeal were formerly husband and wife, but were divorced by a decree of the chancery court of Independence County, rendered January 1,1920, on complaint of the husband charging misconduct on the part of the wife.

There were two children, issue of the marriage, a boy and a girl, and the court in the divorce decree awarded the custody of the boy to the father, and awarded the custody of the girl to the mother. The court also awarded the wife alimony in the sum of sixty dollars per month. There was no appeal from that decree.

The present proceeding was instituted by petition of…