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IN INTEREST OF L. L. K.

No. 9013.

591 S.W.2d 626 (1979)

In the Interest of L. L. K., Jr., a Child.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

December 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Giovannitti, Legal Aid Society of Lubbock, Inc., Lubbock, for appellant.

A. W. Salyars, Lubbock, for appellee.

DODSON, Justice.

In this appeal, we determine that the grandparents may not maintain an independent suit for access to their grandchild under section 14.03(d) of the Texas Family Code, unless a managing conservator is appointed for the child under section 14.03(a) of the Code.

Willis T. Winton, the step-grandfather, and Jean Winton, the maternal grandmother, instituted this independent action seeking appointment as possessory conservators of and for access...

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