Taft v. Johnson

OPINION

OSBORN, Justice.

This case involves a change in a parent-child relationship by the trial judge after trial to a jury which was unable to reach a verdict. Concluding that there has been a denial of the right to a jury trial, we reverse and remand.

The parties were married in December, 1971, and divorced in January, 1975. That decree named the Appellant, Michael Lynn Taft, managing conservator, and Appellee, Rebecca Elizabeth (Taft) Johnson, possesso-ry conservator of Mickey Denver Taft, the only child of the marriage. The petition for divorce filed by Michael alleged:

“Petitioner states…