SCOGGINS v. TREVINO

No. 13-05-366-CV.

200 S.W.3d 832 (2006)

Billy Ray SCOGGINS, Appellant, v. Yolanda TREVINO, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi-Edinburg.

August 24, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Kimball, Harlingen, for appellant.

Larry Warner, Brownsville, Yolanda Trevino, San Benito, for appellee.

Before Justices HINOJOSA, RODRIGUEZ, and GARZA.


OPINION

Opinion by Justice GARZA.

Billy Ray Scoggins and Yolanda Trevino have a child named Julie, who was born out of wedlock on June 22, 1995. On March 15, 2004, when Julie was almost nine years' old, Yolanda filed a petition for name change, asking that Julie's surname be changed from Trevino to Scoggins. Billy Ray filed an original answer in the cause, opposing the petition. The trial court found Yolanda's request to be in Julie's best interest and ordered...

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