Schoenfeld v. Onion

This is an original mandamus proceeding brought by Judith Schoenfeld, formerly Judith Marie Omillian, requesting a writ of mandamus directing the Honorable James C. Onion, District Judge of Bexar County, to grant a writ of habeas corpus returning the minor child Faithe Marie Omillian to Judith, the managing conservator. We conditionally grant the writ.

Schoenfeld and her former husband, Budd William Omillian, were divorced on March 16, 1979, in a Bexar County District Court. The decree named Judith managing conservator of their only child, Faithe Marie, who was then four years old. There have…