Paxton v. Paxton

MAUGHMER, Commissioner.

This is a divorce case. Many of the fields of conflict and controversy, including requested remedies and relief, always existing in domestic disputes, but which are oftentimes safely secluded out of court, were here brought into the active arena and fought for in the forums of both the trial and the appellate courts.

On April 23, 1957, plaintiff — husband and father — filed his petition for absolute divorce. He charged gross indignities and adultery. Defendant — wife and mother— countered with a general denial, cross-charged indignities on his part and prayed for a…