Withrow v. Withrow

HAMITER, Justice.

The instant appeal concerns the custody of a child of tender age, the dispute being between its mother and father.

On March 2, 1943, Mrs. Ola Coats With-row sued her husband, Horace H. Withrow, charging him with adultery. She prayed •for a judgment granting a divorce and awarding her the care, custody and control of their minor child (then four years of age), Howdy Coats Withrow. On the filing of the petition, and by an appropriate order of court, she was given temporary custody. The husband answered, denying his wife’s allegations; and he also filed a reconventional demand…