Ex Parte Peppers

We granted this petition for certiorari review to determine whether the Court of Civil Appeals properly affirmed the trial court's order changing custody of a minor child from her mother to her father. We determine that it did not; therefore, we reverse.

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In 1989, Mavis June Peppers filed an action against Mohamed Abdel-Ghany, seeking an adjudication that he was the father of her minor daughter, M.K. The trial court determined that Abdel-Ghany was the child's father and established visitation rights for him. In September 1994, the mother petitioned the trial court for a modification of the…