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DOKE v. DOKE

No. 12684.

562 S.W.2d 29 (1978)

Maurice DOKE, Petitioner, v. Marie Jackson Parker DOKE, Respondent.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry W. Bass, Bass & Bass, Inc., Houston, for petitioner.

Hubert L. Gill, Austin, for respondent.

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by writ of error challenging the validity of a decree of divorce entered on December 2, 1976. The parties are Maurice Doke, respondent below and petitioner herein, and Marie Jackson Parker Doke, petitioner below and respondent herein.

We reverse the judgment and remand the cause for a new trial.

Marie Doke filed a petition for divorce on July 9, 1975. No citation was served upon Maurice Doke. A decree of divorce...

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