DAWSON v. WOODLEY

No. 15955.

319 S.W.2d 394 (1958)

Delbert DAWSON, Jr., Appellant, v. Virginia Dawson WOODLEY et vir, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyne, Blanchette & Smith, and W. S. Barron, Jr., Dallas, for appellant.

Earl R. Parker, Dallas, for appellees.


BOYD, Justice.

On May 17, 1957, Delbert Dawson, Jr., secured a divorce from Virginia C. Dawson in the District Court of Brazos County, and custody of their three year old daughter was awarded to the father for six months of each year, to begin on September 1, 1957, and to the mother for six months of each year, beginning March 1, 1958.

The mother took the child to Canada about two weeks before the divorce was granted. On July 1, 1957, at Mrs. Dawson's request...

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