State ex rel. Lott v. Courtney

It must be borne in mind in considering this case that it is a suit for the custody of Betty Jo Courtney, age 13, Davie Lee Courtney, a retarded child, age 9, and Jackie Marie Courtney, age 8, by the plaintiff-mother against the defendant-stepmother. The father had originally secured a divorce and custody of the children’from the plaintiff-mother in a prior suit on the ground of adultery, had married the defendant-stepmother and had lived with her for approximately two and one-half years on the date of his death, October 24, 1963. On the date that he died the plaintiff-*496mother had not…