In the Interest of T. B. S.

MOORE, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order overruling a motion for new trial filed pursuant to Rule 329 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, 1 by which movant sought to set aside a default judgment rendered after service by publication in an adoption proceeding.

The litigation commenced when appellee, Kathleen Ann Dickson, the natural mother of the child, and her husband, Jerry Wayne Dickson, the stepfather of the child, filed suit against appellant, Willie Benton Shannon, the natural father of the child, seeking to adopt the child without his consent. Ap-pellees alleged in their…