Dillon v. Medellin

EVANS, Chief Justice.

This is a child custody case. The disposi-tive question before this court is whether the trial court had jurisdiction over the appellant, a non-resident of this state. We hold that it did not, and the trial court’s judgment will be reversed and the cause remanded for entry of an order of dismissal.

The parties were divorced in Harris County on May 26, 1977, and under the divorce decree the appellant, mother of the minor child, was named managing conservator. In April of the following year, the mother and child moved out of the state and have never returned, except to…