Rodgers v. Williamson

REAVLEY, Justice.

The primary question here is whether a provision in an Illinois adoption decree regarding visitation rights of the natural father is entitled to any effect before the courts of this state. The lower courts have regarded the visitation provision as being no more than a private agreement, and it has been held that the Illinois court terminated all parental rights of the natural father without decreeing that he was to be allowed to visit the child. Tex.Civ.App., 482 S.W.2d 665. We construe the Illinois judgment to decree visitation for the natural father, and we remand the case…