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BIGHAM v. DEMPSTER

Nos. 95-0075, 95-0081.

901 S.W.2d 424 (1995)

Kenneth BIGHAM, Jr., Relator, v. The Honorable Georgia DEMPSTER and the Honorable Bill Henderson, Judges, Respondents. Vickie Rene BIGHAM, Relator, v. The Honorable Dan R. BECK, Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 8, 1995.

Rehearing Overruled August 1, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter P. Mahoney, Pasadena, for relator.

Carl A. Parker, Port Arthur, Oscar Mauzy, Austin, Clarence F. Kendall, II, Frank W. Mitchell, Michael B. Martin, Daryl L. Moore, Houston, John W. Wied, LaGrange, C.L. Ray, Austin, Eugene A. Cook, Houston, Joe R. Greenhill, Kent Hance, Austin, Pamela E. George, Houston, Charles B. Lord, Austin, for respondents.

Justice GAMMAGE delivered the opinion of the Court joined by Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HIGHTOWER, Justice HECHT, Justice CORNYN, and Justice ENOCH.

These child custody proceedings present a dominant jurisdiction problem. The procedural facts are complicated, but the legal problem is simple. The legal issue is when a transfer order becomes "docketed" in the transferee court to deprive the transferring court of jurisdiction...

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