Rogers v. Commonwealth

MONTGOMERY, Chief Justice.

Jesse Lee Rogers was convicted of a failure to comply with a court order relative to the support of infant children. KRS 435.240(3) (a). His punishment was fixed at confinement for one year.

Kathleen Morton Rogers obtained a divorce from Jesse Lee Rogers in the Powell Circuit Court in 1952. The divorce judg,ment awarded the custody of their two infant children to the mother. No provision was made in the judgment for payment of maintenance or support of the children because the father had been proceeded against as a nonresident.

In 1953, appellant was convicted of…