Legal Opinion

Tavares v. Tavares

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 18, 1947No. 11939PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of the 113th District Court of Plarris County (the Honorable Ben F. Wilson sitting as judge thereof), denying the petition of appellant, Jack Tavares, praying for a modification— as against the appellees, Margaret Ellamae Tavares and Mrs. M. E. Brittain — of a pri- or decree of the same court, as respects the custody of the minor child, Patsy Bernice Tavares, then 8 years old, whose custody and control by such former judgment — following its divorcement of the father and mother, both of whom were therein denied such custody — had been temporarily…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Legate v. LegateTexas Supreme Court · 1894
  2. State Ex Rel. Wood v. DeatonTexas Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Dewitt v. BrooksTexas Supreme Court · 1944
  4. Davis v. SearsTexas Commission of Appeals · 1931
  5. Greenlaw v. DilworthTexas Commission of Appeals · 1927

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Salvaggio v. BarnettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1952
  2. Fontaine v. FontaineCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1959
  3. Calhoun v. RufferCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
  4. Heiskell v. HeiskellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
  5. Paynter v. JancaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960

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