Legal Opinion

Moring v. Dodd

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 8, 1964No. 7368PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHAPMAN, Justice.

The subject matter of this suit constitutes an appeal by Franklin C. Moring, natural father of the two minor children involved from a judgment of the Court of Domestic Relations of Potter County awarding ap-pellee, Ira Dodd, Jr., the husband of the mother of said children, a judgment of adoption.

The first point questions the jurisdiction of the court for failure of the plead ings to specify statutory exceptions eliminating the necessity for the consent of appellant to the adoption. The point is without merit.

No exceptions were leveled at the pleadings. Appellant was…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Wood v. DeatonTexas Supreme Court · 1900
  2. Weisenberger v. Lone Star Gas Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1953
  3. Hull v. HullCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960
  4. McKinney v. WhiteCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1954
  5. Patella v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1957

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Gilley v. AnthonyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
  2. Robbins v. RobbinsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
  3. In re HerreraCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
  4. Kielmar v. WilcoxsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971

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