Andrews v. Sullivan

MERRILL, Justice.

The appellant Golee Andrews was formerly married to Lucy Andrews Sullivan, the appellee.. They had one child, Jerry Lee Andrews. The appellee sued for a divorce and the decree, dated August 10, 1948, gave her the custody of their son and Mr. Andrews was directed to pay $25 per month for the support and maintenance of Jerry Lee, now six years old. In November 1952 the appellee, who had subsequently married Mr. Sullivan, petitioned the court to hold Golee in contempt because he had only paid $323 since the divorce decree had been signed.

The appellant answered by saying that he…