Cress v. Jenkins

OPINION

JAMES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment changing the managing conservatorship of a child. Petitioner-Appellee Allen Leroy Jenkins, the father of the child in question, brought this suit against Respondent-Appellant Barbara Cress, the mother of said child, seeking to be appointed managing conservator of said child.

Mr. Jenkins and Mrs. Cress were formerly husband and wife, and were divorced in Dallas County, Texas, on June 22, 1971. Said divorce judgment awarded the principal custody of said child to the mother. The child was born August 27, 1968, and was a little less than…