Shockome v. Hernandez

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a paternity suit in which the trial court determined that the petitioner, Joe Hernandez, was the natural father of the child. The court thereafter awarded him the managing conservatorship. The natural mother, Yolanda Shockome, appeals.

The record shows that the natural mother decided to take a trip to California in June of 1978. She left the child at the home of Merced and Paula Hernandez, the grandparents of the petitioner father. When the mother returned to Corpus Christi to pick up the child, the grandparents refused to give up the child. The mother then…