Hanks v. Hanks

HARWOOD, Justice.

The complainant below was born Arthur McLaughlin. His mother and father separated before his birth and she returned to Mobile. Shortly thereafter his mother married a man named Cook and the complainant thereafter was known as Arthur Cook. This second marriage soon terminated and by 1926, when Arthur was six years old, his mother felt that something had to be done in reference to Arthur’s rearing because "of the unwholesome surroundings in which she was living. A mutual friend brought the mother and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hanks together and arrangements were made for the Hanks…