CAPLES v. GOODWIN

No. B2097.

601 S.W.2d 78 (1980)

E. W. CAPLES et ux., Appellants, v. Phyllis Ann Doolin GOODWIN, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

April 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Kelly, Houston, for appellants.

Sam J. Meador, Thomas B. Foster, Jr., Ronald G. Fitzgerald, Houston, for appellee.

Before COULSON, SALAZAR and JUNELL, JJ.


SALAZAR, Justice.

Appellants, E. W. and June Helen Caples, paternal grandparents of Chrissy Deann Caples, brought suit seeking a modification of the trial court's previous custody order and asking that they be granted custody of the minor child because of alleged changed conditions as defined by Tex.Fam. Code Ann. § 14.08(c)(1) (Vernon Supp.1980). The child's mother, Phyllis Ann Goodwin, was respondent in the suit, and Larry Dale Caples, Chrissy's father, was...

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