IN RE ADOPTION OF PATE

No. 6047.

449 S.W.2d 372 (1969)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION of Olga Marie PATE.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

December 3, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwards, Belk, Hunter & Kerr, Frank H. Hunter, H. P. Talley, El Paso, for appellant.

Peticolas, Luscombe & Stephens, W. C. Peticolas, El Paso, for appellee.


OPINION

PRESLAR, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree ordering the adoption of Olga Marie Pate, a minor, by H. L. Winter and wife, Marta Winter.

Olga Marie Pate was born of the marriage of James W. Pate, appellant herein, and Olga Aguilar Pate. They were divorced in 1960, and custody of the child was awarded to the mother. She died in 1966, and the appellees herein, H. L. Winter and wife, Marta Winter, filed their petition for adoption in July...

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