EX PARTE GODEKE

No. A-8808.

355 S.W.2d 701 (1962)

Ex parte Richard H. GODEKE.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Camp & Camp, Cameron, Fischer, Wood, Burney & Nesbitt, Corpus Christi (James R. Harris, Corpus Christi, with above firm), for relator.

Jack W. Prescott, Cameron, for respondent.


NORVELL, Justice.

The District Court of Milam County found Richard H. Godeke guilty of contempt of court because he failed to return his minor son, Robert Frederick Godeke, to the child's mother, Marjorie B. Hoppe (Richard H. Godeke's divorced wife) as directed by an order of said court.

It appears without dispute that the relator took his son from the custody of the mother under a provision of the Milam County...

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