Choate v. Choate

DIES, Chief Justice.

Appellee, Juanita Holley Choate, brought suit in the 317th District Court of Jefferson County seeking divorce from appellant Alton Choate, division of the community property, and managing conservatorship of two minor children.

After a jury trial, the court on May 2, 1978, divided the community estate, awarded appellee managing conservatorship of the one child under eighteen years of age, and provided for support payments. A divorce of the parties was not decreed, and the judgment specifically provided: “It is decreed that all relief requested in this cause and not expressly…