Aechternacht v. Page

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

Bradley Everett Page, a boy, born February 16, 1961, and Cathy Laverne Page, a girl, born April 12, 1962, were each ascertained to be a “dependent child”, as the term is used in Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Rev. Civ.Stat. art. 2333, (1964), in a proceeding *598initiated and heard March 13, 1967, in the District Court of Panola County. The court’s declaration of the status * of the children was grounded on the fact that each was “without proper parental care” according to a finding subsequently made for the purpose of this appeal. The mother of the children, Mrs. Sibyl Aechter-nacht,…