Wade v. Shaughnessy

Appellee Betty Lou Shaughnessy brought this suit in the District Court of Mitchell County, Texas, against appellant William H. Wade, Jr., seeking to change the provisions of a divorce decree entered in said court on February 8, 1946, wherein appellee was awarded the custody and control of their minor child, David Harrison Wade, subject to the right of appellant William H. Wade to see and visit the child at reasonable times and further providing that when the child reached the age of five years, appellant should be entitled to have the child visit with him as much as a week at a time, not to exceed three weeks per year. The trial court entered judgment for appellee Betty Lou Shaughnessy setting aside such former judgment insofar as it concerned the custody of the child and awarded the sole custody to appellee, subject only to the right of appellant to visit the child at reasonable times. From this judgment, William H. Wade, Jr. has appealed.