SCHULTZ v. McKINNEY

No. 14328.

379 S.W.2d 81 (1964)

Margaret Hazel SCHULTZ et vir, Appellants, v. Robert Valentine McKINNEY et ux., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

April 30, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray B. Mangum, Houston, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.


BELL, Chief Justice.

The appellees, who are the maternal grandparents of David Lynn Strever, a ten year old boy, filed a petition in the Domestic Relations Court of Harris County asking that they be allowed to adopt the boy. In their petition they alleged that consent of the parents was not necessary because they had voluntarily abandoned the child and left him to the care, custody, control and management of other persons for ten years and had not contributed to his...

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