7 April 56
secretly marries Bruce Michael Tilton, an airplane parts company executive, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The press gives his age as 27; hers as 25.
20 April 56
discloses her marriage to Tilton in Hollywood saying she met him three months ago and decided to elope to nearby Gretna Green two weeks ago
January 57
TV producer Fred Henry of Don Fedderson`s "Millionaire" crew has her on loan from Paramount
6 October 57
her daughter, Victoria P., is born in Los Angeles
March 59
she and Tilton separate
May 59
files suit for divorce from Tilton
March 60
is sued for divorce by her husband, real estate broker Bruce M. Tilton
2 June 60
is in Los Angeles Superior Court claiming she wants two and a half-year-old Victoria back. She says she was "confused and emotionally upset" at the time when she granted her estranged husband custody of her daughter and that she wants her back now. Both parents are suing for divorce and are 29. Superior Court Commissioner Victor J. Hayek rules against her, however, issuing a temporary court order continuing custody by Tilton pending trial of their divorce.
18 May 61
Tilton obtains a default divorce from her claiming she went out without telling him where she was going and was calling him "vile names." Both are 30. Tilton, a Woodland Hills real estate man, is awarded custody of their daughter. He tells Superior Judge Elmer D. Doyle that Jody drank to excess and once hit and kicked him. She doesn`t appear at the Los Angeles hearing because of illness, her attorney says.