Zimmerman v. Zimmerman

SAM D. JOHNSON, Justice.

This is a suit brought by appellee Sherry Lynn Zimmerman against her former husband, appellant William Thomas Zimmerman, for the custody and support of their minor child. The suit is based on the provisions of Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 4639c, sec. 1 (1959) which reads as follows :

“When the marriage relation no longer exists as a result of divorce action in a foreign jurisdiction, in which the court granting the decree was silent as to custody and support of a child or children under eighteen (18) years of age, a suit for the custody and support of such child…