Dierkes v. Dierkes

McGraw, Justice:

Appellee Beatrice Dierkes married Donald Dierkes, now deceased, on February 20, 1954. They separated while residing at Powhatan Point, Ohio during March 1967, and pursuant to the separation, the Court of Common Pleas in Belmont County, Ohio, affirmed an “agreement” between the parties, giving custody of the couple’s five children to the wife with provision for the support of the children by Donald Dierkes.

Thereafter in October of 1969, the husband sought to dissolve the marriage, by a divorce complaint filed in the Domestic Relations Court of Kanawha County. He also filed an…