Ex Parte Thetford

CALVERT, Justice.

Petitioners seek relief from an indefinite sentence to jail imposed by a judgment of the District Court of the 17th Judicial District, Tarrant County.

Petitioners are the grandparents of three minor children, Cynthia Kay Thetford, Va-Linda Gay Thetford and Timothy Jason Thetford. Carlton Allen Thetford, petitioners’ son, is the father of the children. Carlton and his wife, Dorothy Ann, were divorced in February, 1961 and legal cus tody of the children was awarded to the mother. In October, 1961 the mother left the children with one Ruth Scott, and has not been heard from since…