Cornell v. Cornell

CADENA, Chief Justice.

George H. Cornell, Jr., referred to in this opinion as defendant, appeals from an order of a district court of Bexar County modifying an order of support entered at the time that defendant and plaintiff, Lois J. Cornell, were divorced in 1966. Neither defendant nor his attorney appeared at the trial.

Plaintiff’s petition, seeking modification of the prior order which obligated defendant to pay $170.00 per month for the support of the four minor children of the parties until the youngest of the children reached age 18, gave the names of the three children who were less…