Vanzant v. Purvis

John F. Stroud, Jr., Judge.

Deborah Vanzant appeals from the trial court’s denial of her motion to vacate an order granting James Purvis’s petition for a change of custody of the parties’ minor children. She claims that the trial court erred in finding that she was represented by counsel and that she had been properly served with notice of the petition for change of custody. She also alleges that the trial court erred in refusing to grant a new trial. We agree and reverse.

On August 3, 1988, the District Court of Harrison County, Texas, entered a final decree of divorce, granting an absolute…