Are they teachers? They started getting to know each other last August working at a school. I guess I wouldn't be too surprised if they were. Austin has a niece from one of his older half siblings that is a teacher.

Tayte and Martha had a non-juried, pre-trial hearing on Aprill 11 in Colquitt County court for an unspecified matter. Presumably, a divorce or custody issue, based on the observations of other folks here. 

I've been off of this board for a year, and am still playing catch up with a few threads. I'm not remotely surprised about Martha, other than the fact it took 10 years to come to a head. Frankly, I suspect that she won't be the only Morton clocking a divorce in the years to come. Tayte and Martha were an awkward pairing at best. I don't think it was arranged in the same sense as some of the S'Morton unions seemed to be, but Martha was in such a weird place in the family timeline. Age-wise, she was in the unfortunate position of being born between the oldest Morton sibs who had VERY early marriages in the thick of their fundy connections (except Addie), and the younger sibs who seemed to have far more choice, and enjoyed the illusion of secular entertainment/socialization outside of the home church. She didn't have an obvious partner waiting for her (presumably, none of the Campana boys were interested), and she apparently wasn't allowed to drift around the estate as an adjunct babysitter/dog breeder/entrepreneur like Addie was before her marriage (also to a much younger man). 

I suspect Martha will end up married off again, probably to a significantly older man. Especially if the elder Mortons make their move to Paraguay permanent. 

These women are in desperate need of real therapy! 

It's down there with Vogon poetry. IYKYK. 😁

1 hour ago, Father Son Holy Goat said:

But how would that work? Anna gets the reports and it’s her job to stop Josh from using porn/child porn but also she is to dutifully serve him and he has the final say? Either she has authority or she doesn’t.

That's exactly the point. She doesn't have authority to take any action against him. It's just a way for her to feel like she's holding him accountable (and for them to seem like they're "above reproach" in their fundy circle). And now he's sitting in jail for proving how useless software like that is.