Cooper v. Cooper

This is a divorce action filed September 21, 1964, by Ray Cooper against his wife Mary Jo Cooper alleging cruel and inhuman treatment and later amended charging adultery as grounds for divorce. He asked for custody of their four minor children, the personal property and that the 160-acre farm of the parties described in the petition and commonly referred to as the Goldfield farm be placed in trust with a life estate in him and the remainder in the children. After an unsuccessful attempt to obtain *a divorce in Reno, Nevada, defendant Mary Jo filed her answer March 4, 1965, asking custody of…