HILL v. NEELY

No. 5-4281.

415 S.W.2d 558 (1967)

242 Ark. 809

Marilyn Kay (Neely) HILL, Appellant, v. Elmer Lee NEELY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 5, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilton E. Steed, Pine Bluff, for appellant.

Max M. Smith, Rison, for appellee.


WARD, Justice.

This appeal culminates a long fight by a mother for the custody of her two minor children.

On December 23, 1959 Marilyn Kay (Neely) Hill, appellant, was married at the age of fourteen to Elmer Lee Neely, appellee, who was then sixteen years old. Two children, Tommy Lee and Cindy Kay, were born to them before they separated the latter part of 1961.

On January 16, 1962 appellee filed suit for a divorce on the ground of indignities. The...

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