Ex Parte Godeke

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE NORVELL

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The District Court of Milam County found Richard H. Godeke guilty of contempt of court because he failed to return his minor son, Robert Frederick Godeke, to the child’s mother, Marjorie B. Hoppe (Richard H. Godeke’s divorced wife) as directed by an order of said court.

It appears without dispute that the relator took his son from the custody of the mother under a provision of the Milam County District Court’s order which permitted the child to visit his father for seven days during the Christmas season. While the child was with his…