PERRY v. SCOGGINS

No. C-744.

626 S.W.2d 302 (1981)

Raymond D. PERRY, Relator, v. The Honorable Ralph SCOGGINS, Judge of the 41st District Court of El Paso County, Texas.

Supreme Court of Texas.

October 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Kennedy, Jess Whittenton, Jr., El Paso, for relator.

Robert Hedicke, El Paso, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Raymond D. Perry files this original mandamus action to set aside an order overruling his application for writ of habeas corpus for possession of his child. We agree that the father was entitled to the writ.

Perry and his former wife, now Sharon Waynick, were divorced in 1977 in Missouri, and the Missouri court granted custody of their daughter to the mother. After several later motions and hearings, the Missouri court on December 12, 1980 granted...

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