Cawley v. Allums

POPE, Justice.

James Oris Cawley, the natural father of an eight-year-old child, complains of the *791trial court’s order of adoption because he did not give his written consent to the child’s adoption and his consent was not excused by the provisions of section 6(a) of article 46a, Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. Ann.:

Sec. 6. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no adoption shall be permitted except with the written consent of the living parents of the child; provided, however, that if a living parent or parents shall voluntarily abandon and desert a child sought to be adopted, for a…