Texas Supreme Court

Ronan Dale Silcott, Petitioner v. Bobby Oglesby, Respondent

December 17, 198630 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 114

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that a parent has a common law cause of action for child abduction that violates a custody order, allowing recovery of actual, mental anguish, and exemplary damages, and reversed the Court of Appeals' judgment, remanding for further factual findings.