Son v. McConnell

McGILL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Gaines County, 106th Judicial District. This is a child custody case.

Appellee, T. J. McConnell, and appellant Natalie Ruth Son, were formerly husband and wife. The child whose custody is involved is Jana Jolene McConnell, a daughter of that union, who at the time of the trial was about 3½ years of age. On October 7, 1947, appellee obtained a decree of divorce from appellant, then Natalie Ruth McConnell. The decree provided:

“It is therefore Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed - by the Court that the care, custody, and control…