Commonwealth v. Mason

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Wendell Mason was indicted under that portion of KRS 435.240(3) (a) "that reads as follows:

“If a divorce has been granted by a court of competent jurisdiction, and thereafter the parent of any child under the age of sixteen years shall fail to comply with the orders of the court relative to the maintenance or support of the child as set forth in the judgment granting the divorce, while said child is in indigent or destitute circumstances, * * * the parent so doing shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be confined in the penitentiary for not less…