Maupin v. Maupin

On January 17, 1947, the circuit court of Madison County entered a decree of divorce granting the plaintiff, Mary Lee Maupin, a divorce against the defendant, William H. Maupin, upon the ground of desertion. Defendant was awarded the care, custody, control and education of their two children, Marilyn Jean and William Gerald, aged three and one-half years and two years, respectively, without any interference on the part of plaintiff, until the further order of the court. Plaintiff was granted the right to visit “said child at all reasonable times and hours.”

May 21, 1947, defendant filed a…