HOGAN v. ROOP

No. 5273.

500 S.W.2d 936 (1973)

Marcella HOGAN, Appellant, v. M. W. ROOP et ux., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

October 25, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mahanay & Higgins, Robert M. Mahanay, Cleburne, for appellant.

Gean B. Turner, John R. MacLean, County Atty., Cleburne, for appellees.


HALL, Justice.

Appellees brought this action to have appellant's son adjudged to be dependent and neglected. They invoked the provisions of Article 2330, Vernon's Ann. Texas Civil Statutes, and alleged that the child "is dependent upon the public for support; is destitute, homeless, abandoned; [and] has no proper parental care or guardianship." Appellant answered with a general denial.

Appellees did not plead for custody or adoption, and the rights and fitness...

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