SMALLWOOD v. SWARNER

No. 18329.

510 S.W.2d 156 (1974)

Kay SMALLWOOD et vir, Appellants, v. Max J. SWARNER et ux., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Pace, Pace & Chandler, Dallas, for appellants.

George M. McDonald, Kelsoe & Paternostro, Dallas, for appellees.


CLAUDE WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of adoption of Susan Ann Smallwood granted to Max J. Swarner, and his wife Marguerite Swarner, the child's maternal grandparents. Kay Smallwood, the child's natural mother, and her husband B. Stanley Smallwood, Jr., the adoptive father, did not consent to the adoption and they appeal from the decree.

Kay Smallwood was first married to Hugh Tankersley. Of that marriage two children were born: Stephen...

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