Blackburn v. Blackburn

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

William Hodge Blackburn has appealed from a decree of the Chancery Court of Madison County sustaining appellee’s motion for summary judgment and holding appellant liable for payment of support for his daughter, Betsy Ware Blackburn, until she reaches twenty-one years of age. Appellant insists he was relieved from the obligation of making child support payments when his daughter reached the age of eighteen.

Appellee, Virginia Ware Blackburn, obtained a divorce from appellant by decree entered on August 15, 1961. In the final decree, the chancellor expressly approved and…