Stone v. Stone

CROCKETT, Chief Justice.

Defendant, Val Franklin Stone, appeals from an order denying his petition in proceedings supplemental to a divorce to deprive plaintiff of custody of their children and award them to him.

The parties were married in 1952. In 1964, after 12 years of marriage and the birth of four children, then ages 11, 8, and twins 5, the plaintiff was awarded a decree of divorce, custody of the children and $50 each for their support. Two years later in 1966, the defendant initiated this proceeding requesting the court (1) to hold plaintiff in contempt for failure to honor his…