MERCER v. MERCER

20540

269 S.C. 612 (1977)

239 S.E.2d 72

Ernestine Thomas MERCER, Respondent, v. Francis E. MERCER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

November 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Doar, Jr., and Thomas H. Barr, of Moore, Flowers & Doar, Georgetown, for Appellant.

Robert H. O'Donnell, of Georgetown, for Respondent.


November 16, 1977.

RHODES, Justice:

The appellant, Francis E. Mercer (father), and the respondent, Ernestine Thomas Mercer (mother), were married on February 12, 1961, and Christianna, a severely mentally retarded child, was born to them on November 13, 1964. The parties were divorced in 1969, and custody of Christianna was awarded the mother together with child support in the amount of $25.00 per week.

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