Johnson v. Johnson

HALE, Justice.

This proceeding grew out of a controversy between divorced parents over .the'custody of their child.

On September 9, 1948, the District Court of Bell County granted appellant, Mrs. Elinor Johnson, a divorce from ap-pellee, B. F. Johnson, and awarded to appellant .the custody of -her daughter, Deborah Jean Johnson, who at that time was fifteen months of age.

Appellee instituted the present suit in the Juvenile Court of Dallas County against appellant on June 17, 1954 for the custody of their daughter, alleging that there had been a material change in the surrounding conditions of…