MAKIN v. MAKIN

No. 5-4495.

424 S.W.2d 875 (1968)

244 Ark. 310

L. O. MAKIN, Appellant, v. Ethel Adina MAKIN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 11, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis E. Rickard, Benton, for appellant.

Hall & Tucker, and John F. Lovell, Jr., Benton, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

In 1965 the appellee obtained a divorce from the appellant. The decree awarded custody of the couple's four children to the appellee and directed the appellant to support the children by making weekly payments of $12.50 for each child during its minority.

In 1967 the appellant, upon his own initiative, began paying only half the amount fixed by the decree. In response to a citation requiring him to show cause why he should not be...

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