Legal Opinion · Dissent

Craft v. Craft

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 19, 1979No. 19769Published

1DissentAkin, Justice

I cannot agree that this court lacks jurisdiction to review an order of the domestic relations court removing the mother as managing conservator and appointing the father temporary managing conservator. In my view, we have jurisdiction under Tex.Family Code Ann. §§ 11.11(b), 11.19 (Vernon 1975). Neither do I agree that the order prohibiting the mother from visiting with the children cannot be reviewed because even if we lack jurisdiction of the order changing custody, we still have jurisdiction of that part of the order denying the mother visitation rights under Tex.Rev.Civ. Stat.Ann. art.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Robertson v. State Ex Rel. ClementCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
  2. In the Interest of StuartCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1976
  3. Janelli v. BondTexas Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Johnson v. ParishCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
  5. Carpenter v. RossCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1976

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