Alvarado v. Alvarado

OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

In this habeas corpus case involving an appeal from an order of the trial court awarding possession of a child to his mother, the controlling issue concerns the jurisdiction of the trial court to enter its order. We affirm and hold that a habeas corpus proceeding brought pursuant to Tex.Fam. Code Ann. § 14.10(a) (Supp.1979) may be filed in the county where relator resides.

This habeas corpus proceeding was initiated on January 8, 1979, by Maria Alvarado in the 105th District Court of Nueces County. In her sworn application for a writ of habeas corpus Maria (relator), a…