Brooks v. De Witt

This is a child custody case. Plaintiffs below and appellants here are Jacque O. Brooks and his wife, Mona Louise Brooks, natural parents of the infant, Jacqueline Louise Brooks, also known as Patricia Ann DeWitt. Defendants below and appellees here are Fred J. DeWitt and wife, Ann DeWitt, who claim custody of the child by adoption. This right is predicated upon two decrees of the district court, i.e., a decree adjudging the child to be a dependent or neglected child in accordance with the provisions of Articles 2329 and 2338, Vernon’s Ann.Civ. Stats., and a de cree of adoption entered in…