Ealy v. Ealy

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

This is a suit seeking to force the sale of a homestead.

Appellee, Patricia Dooley Ealy, instituted suit against appellant, Donald W. Ealy, seeking the appointment of a receiver for the judicial sale of appellant’s homestead. Appellee was granted a divorce from appellant in Domestic Relations Court No. 2 of Dallas County, Texas, on November 22, 1977. Appellant neither answered nor appeared in the divorce proceedings. By the divorce judgment appellant was awarded the home as his separate property, along with some personal property, and appellee was awarded some personal…