Davis v. Duke

O’QUINN, Justice.

This case involves the custody of two children, to be determined under recently amended section 14.08(c) of the Texas Family Code. This proceeding is the most recent of a series of suits for custody between Mary Ann Duke, appellee, and Lewis Franklin Davis, Jr., appellant, the natural parents of the two minor children.

Under the judgment by which the parties were divorced, in January of 1973, custody was awarded to the father, Lewis Franklin Davis, Jr. Subsequently, the mother brought suit in August of 1974, seeking to be named managing conservator of the children. On October…