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PLEASANT HILLS CHILDREN'S HOME, ETC. v. NIDA

No. 18211.

596 S.W.2d 947 (1980)

PLEASANT HILLS CHILDREN'S HOME OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD, INC., Appellant, v. Mary Ann Davis NIDA and Bill Kimble, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

April 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson, Johnson & Rothfelder, and Dawson Bryant, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Thomas L. Farris, Fort Worth, for Mary Ann Nida.

Bill Kimble, San Angelo, atty. ad litem.

Don Gladden, Fort Worth, for Bill Kimble.

OPINION

HUGHES, Justice.

Pleasant Hill Children's Home of the Assemblies of God, Inc. (Home) has appealed a judgment in which it was assessed attorney's fees to pay an attorney ad litem for representation of minor children involved in a custody modification suit. This appeal concerns the authority of a court to appoint such an attorney ad litem and the powers with which he can be vested.

We reform the judgment, and as reformed, we affirm.

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