Selman v. Ross

GANNON, Justice.

This controversy is essentially a child custody proceeding between the natural father of the minor, Ronnie Gene Ross— Raphael Ross — and the maternal grandparents of the child, Earl E. Selman and wife, Laura Mae Selman. The child’s mother is dead.

The maternal grandparents originated the proceedings in the Court of Domestic Relations of Harris County, Texas, from which the appeal comes to us. Their petition named Raphael Ross as the adversary-litigant, and the prayer is that the minor be declared neglected and dependent and that he “be finally given to petitioners in adoption *…