Ex parte McLeroy

WILLIAMS, Justice.

This action was styled “Ex parte, Melinda Kay McLeroy” and was filed by Mrs. M. H. Bryce, the paternal aunt of the said Melinda McLeroy, wherein Mrs. Bryce sought to have Melinda declared a dependent and neglected child under the authority of Article 2330, Vernon’s Annotated Texas Statutes. Upon final hearing, the judge of the court found that Melinda Mc-Leroy was a dependent and neglected child, under the age of 16, and awarded the custody to plaintiff, Mrs. Bryce, and declared that the paternal rights of the parents and Mrs. J. P. Garner, a great-aunt, were terminated. The…