Casey v. Jones

KEITH, Justice.

This is a venue appeal arising out of an application by the mother-appellee to change the visitation rights of the father-appellant and to increase the child support payments. The father appeals from the order overruling his plea of privilege.

The facts are not in dispute and are briefly summarized in order to bring into focus the controlling principles. On December 7, 1964, the Court of Domestic Relations No. 2 of Harris County, Texas, entered a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties, awarded the custody of the two minor children born of the marriage to…