Leithold v. Plass

STEAKLEY, Justice.

In 1959, petitioner, Louis C. Leithold, and respondent, Thyra N. Plass, while husband and wife, adopted a minor child, Gordon Marc Leithold. They were divorced by decree of an Arizona court in 1962. Respondent was awarded custody of the child and petitioner was accorded certain visitation rights.1 Thereafter, respondent married Gilbert Norman Plass and moved to Dallas, Texas, in 1963 where she, her husband and the adopted child now reside. Petitioner now lives in California. In 1965, he instituted this suit against his former wife and her present husband in the Juvenile…