Alexander v. Clower

McKAY, Justice.

Appellees Charles Dan Clower and Linda Ann Clower petitioned the Domestic Relations Court of Gregg County to adopt a boy who was six years of age and a girl who was four years of age at the time of trial. Both of the minors are the natural children of Linda Ann Clower and appellant who were divorced by judgment of the District Court of Van Zandt County on March 18, 1968, and thereafter Linda Ann Alexander married Charles Dan Clower. Appellees pled that appellant had voluntarily abandoned and deserted the children for more than two years, and that appellant as the natural father…