Elliott v. Maddox

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Maddox, as plaintiff, sought and obtained judgment of adoption of the person of a minor child of defendant Elliott over his protest and he has appealed.

Reversed; adoption vacated.

At the outset we take note that Elliott is in the Texas penitentiary as a consequence of a conviction from a felony. His attorney was one provided by an agency of the State by reason of his indigent status as a convict, in order to secure the civil right which he has asserted, viz: to preserve the status of “parent and child” heretofore existent between himself and the child who was…