Mullins v. Mullins

HODGES, Justice.

The appellant, Rita Mullins, the mother of two minor children, is appealing from the vacation of a judgment in which the natural father’s parental rights were terminated.

An action to terminate the parental rights of the father, Harry Mullins, for wilful failure to contribute to the support of the minor children was initiated by the mother on December 5, 1978. An order setting the matter for hearing and notice to the father were issued. At the hearing, Judge Perrine found that the father had wilfully failed to contribute to the support of the children for a period exceeding one…