Todd v. Todd

Nichols, Justice.

In December 1972 Bobbie Martin Todd filed an action against Donnie D. Todd in which she sought a divorce, custody of the couple’s minor child and an award of described property as support in lieu of monthly alimony and child support payments. No responsive pleadings were filed by the defendant until May 1973 when he filed a "Motion to Open Default Based Upon Providential Cause” and an answer to the plaintiffs complaint. Prior to any ruling on the motion to open the default the defendant struck such motion. The plaintiff then filed a motion to dismiss the defendant’s answer to…