Franklin v. Wolfe

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

These appeals present complicated problems that arise from complex procedural maneuvers in a child custody case. The various judicial proceedings from which those questions arise will be summarized.

On December 14, 1967, Mollie Lou Franklin and her husband, Webster Walter Franklin, Jr., were divorced by judgment of the Court of Domestic Relations Number Four of Harris County, Texas. There was one child of that marriage, a daughter, Katherine Fay Franklin, born February 18, 1966. By that divorce decree the mother was given custody of the child and provision was made for…