Kosen v. Kosen

OPINION

By MORGAN J.

On September 8, 1927, the defendant obtained a divorce from the plaintiff upon her cross-petition and was awarded the care and custody of the five year old child of the parties. On November 2, 1928, the court made an order in the case, superceding a previous order, by which the plaintiff was required to pay $5.00 a week for the support and maintenance of the minor child until the child should attain the age of sixteen years. ■ >■)

Later, the defendant married one Edward Morley. In the year, 1940, Edward Morley, as stepfather of the child, instituted adoption proceedings in…