Little v. Daggett

The question presented is whether a Texas trial court abused its discretion in ordering temporary visitation in connection with a suit to establish paternity, where the child, the subject of the paternity action, has resided in another state more than six months before the action was brought.

In 1990, while residing in Texas with her child, Sherry Little filed a paternity action in Texas against Edwin McAninch. In June 1992, Little moved with her child to Santa Fe, Tennessee. In August 1992, the paternity action was dismissed for want of prosecution. No further action occurred in that case.

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