Cox v. Young

COLLINGS, Justice.

This is a writ of habeas corpus proceeding involving child custody. James Douglas Cox, a resident of New Iberia Parish, Louisiana, brought the action against Carl E. Young of Harris County. The court denied the writ and gave custody of the minor child to its stepfather, Carl E. Young. James Douglas Cox has appealed.

The record shows that appellant was married to Frances Evelyn Young, now deceased, on December 31, 1953; that on February 1, 1956, Carla Katherine Cox, the child involved, was born to that marriage; that Cox and his wife, Frances Evelyn, were divorced in Jefferson…