Dolman v. Dolman

SHANNON, Justice.

This appeal involves questions concerning grandparents’ rights to access pursuant to Tex.Family Code Ann. § 14.03(d) (Supp. 1978).

On June 16, 1967, the district court of Travis County entered a judgment granting appellant Carolyn F. Dolman a divorce from Denver Floyd Dolman. The judgment awarded custody of Lise Nicole Dolman, an infant daughter, to Carolyn with reasonable visitation privileges awarded to Denver.

On May 23, 1978, appellee Louise P. Dol-man, the paternal grandmother of Lise, appearing pro se, filed a “motion to modify” the divorce judgment of June 16, 1967. By…