Stephens v. Sudderth

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

This action is one for custody of minor children, in which the mother seeks custody of one minor child already in her possession and also of the other child in the custody of the father, which he allegedly refused to return to the mother after a visit. The petition alleges that the court awarded custody of both children to the father after the divorce of the parents, but that there has been a change of circumstances affecting the interest and welfare of the children, to wit: (1) the surrender and abandonment of the minor children by the father, giving the mother…