Welty v. Welty

ELLIS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order sustaining the defendant’s plea of privilege to be sued in the county of her residence in a proceeding brought by her former husband involving the custody and status of their minor children whose custody had been awarded to the defendant in a prior adjudication. Affirmed.

On May 18, 1972, Donald Lee Welty, plaintiff-appellant, filed a sworn petition in the district court of Deaf Smith County, Texas against his former wife, Margaret Lee Welty, defendant-appellee, in a proceeding entitled “APPLICATION FOR CUSTODY,” wherein the plaintiff sought…