DALTON v. DALTON


367 S.W.2d 840 (1963)

Donna DeMyer DALTON (Yuill), Appellant, v. K. P. DALTON, Jr., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 10, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. C. Tipton, Hickman, R. P. Burcham, South Fulton, Tenn., for appellant.

James H. Warren, Fulton, for appellee.


STANLEY, Commissioner.

The principal question is whether a father should be exonerated of contempt of court for failing to comply with a judgment requiring monthly payments to his children's mother for their support because she had violated the terms of the judgment relating to their custody. There are two subordinate questions.

In October, 1953, a judgment granting a divorce to Donna D. Dalton from K. P. Dalton, Jr. awarded custody of their two children,...

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