Rider v. Farris

OPINION

DIES, Chief Justice.

In this original mandamus proceeding, relators, Eddie Lee Rider and Darlene Marie Rider, seek the writ to compel the Honorable James M. Farris, Judge of the 317th District Court of Texas, to vacate his order granting a writ of habeas corpus to Colleen Rene Benton Mollette, which order commanded relators to return T.L.H., a child, to Mrs. Mollette’s possession. Relators have admitted, both in this court and in the trial court, that Mrs. Mollette is the natural mother of T.L.H.

In May, 1985, Lawrence Eugene Hill brought T.L.H. from Denver, Colorado, to the home of Mr.…