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### HonorableT. 0.Walton,~raridmt 

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### minoraad requeat6d **p&d** ?or **this** mm&or and of furthor 

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### ubmitteQto ua 4Aoagwith youropinion requert the oortifiod 00 y 

### of ju&m+at nferred to. meorporeted in the Judgnuat fs a oopy 0: the potlttoaupon whlohHoaorable T. 0. Walton, Pass 82

it we8 burred. 

### Brlrfly,the 

### pdltin allegos that 

### Kr. Lynoh is wet alnetean years old aad under twwaty-oae. While it 

### 1s alleged that he reslds8 in flameron Oouata, TOraE, wherr he hae barn llvlag with his brother rlnoe the 8uwbr of 1939, the reason glwa In the applloatlon for 

### do8lrlnghlr dlsabllltleeremoved Is that hi8 mothsr and father are nonrerld~nta or the State 0r Taxas, that whlla ho clonnldsrahIa6eir a resideat of lbxas, ho in compelled to pay the hhh, non-resident student tuition aad that the fuade whloh he ha6 available are rush that ke

### rightaot bo able to oonplsto his 00110ge tralniog if ha 

### la nquind 

### to &my th8 h&h tuition fees ah&rued noa-mrldeat student8@ad that 

### thenfore from 

### a praotloal stand&at, lt 18 essaatlal to hlm to have hlr dlsabllltles 

### removsdIn 

### orderthatha isayooaploto his oollogr eduoatloa. It 18 said la the patltloa that 

### lf the oourt will removehi8 dlrabllltlrs,than ha oaa legally olala Tox

### as oltl?mrhlp* and aa ouch, be Irntltlod to attend the 8ald oollege by p&g 

### the oorqmatlvoly am11 

### tuition ohargo Twxae rtudents. La th juafpient it 18 found that all 0r the 8tatamats and~allqptlon8 la 8uoh p8tltIoa 

### are true, tket m. yaoh r88ldrr la 

### Oamroa aouatI’ 18 bowmen alnoteea and two&y--ona 

### years of 

### age, aad that t i8 adrl8able aad 

### to air suterlal advantage to have Me dl8abIlltlesnmowd. It lr 

### also expns8lp fouad *that hi8 fatherand aother, Wilburw. Lyaoh, &ad norrio Lyaoh, 

### am 8aoh of them llvlag, but are non-r88ldontr

### or the state of Texa8.*

Subwotloa E of SIotlon 1, Art1010 SdMG, Vmma'8 civil $titutes, flxe8 the tultloa to 

### bs oharged non-re8ldont etudaatn, aad then oontalas the rollowlaer

A non-resident 

### rtudaatia hrnbr deflaed*&+'bi a 8tudsnt or 1086 

### than twenty-on* (81)

### pare 0r a&e, living

### away fro0 hi8 f&U aad whorrrfamllp roeidea In another State, or wboee rcanrily

ha8 

### reoldedwithin 

### thlaState 

### fWr a period of time less than twalva (le)month8 prior to the date or awglstratlon,or a student or twaaty-one (al)years 0r ego or over who raside8 out of the **State** orwho hae rasided,wIthin tha State ror a period or leas thaa tw&vi) (18)month@ prior to the data

### of regI8tratioa.*

### 149

Honorable T. 0. Walton, Fag0 3

Under the above 

### definition,th8 student in queetlon is Oltiatly

a non-resldWit, **~ale88** 

### ho **has boon**  

### resaued by the **judgniont** readers4 in the DiStriQt Court of Caaeron couaty. ror the rea8on6 hereinafterappearing,w8 are of theview that euoh judgxieat **ha8 not**  ohaa&ed 

### the **StlltUS** 

### of this

### minoras 

### a non-raeldent und&r the above rrtatute.

Artloles 5021and 6922,Veraoa*o Civil **8tatute8,** 

### readas follower



### "Art:0106921. Minorsabove the age of niaeteoa 

### yearis,

where it shall 

### eggmarto 

### thalrmatsrla2 advantage,msy have tholr dieebllitlea 0r rlnorlty removed, **Sd** be then

### arterhold,ror all legal **QUQO8~8,** 0r full 

### age,oroaptaa to the 

### righttovote.*
*Artiole 5022. The p<lon 

### for euoh sof&Ovalshall **stab** 

### the grounda 

### rellodon, whether the parents of the adaoram llvl.nq or &owl, and the aama and rcridoaoe of 0aoh 

### livingparant. Suoh potition shall k 8~0111 to **by** the **fatbar or**  **mother or**  rid minor or **by any**  other oredlblo pereoa oogniaant ofMm faote, and shall ba tlLe4 in the Dlrtrlat Court 

### of theOountywhere theminor 

### ra814~8, **and 8**  hoarlng he4 on say day of **any** terni of said Cotrrt,

or duriag a vaaatlon of eald CO&~%. 

### Prov:dodthat in DiStri0t 

### Courtssf DicltrlOte hwing ni0rethan one.00unty withi.5 SuOh 

### DiS

### triot, upon

the 

### riling of 

### suoh 

### petition for naval Of disabllltlas,in the 00UBty inwhloh 8uOhminor resides, the 

### DiStriUt3Udge 

### Of ml4 COW rary

hold suah hsarinp; and 

### ramwe the dlr**8biliti.68 Of**  Suoh &OS, in anJ **@XUlty WithhI**  euohDlrtrlotwherein hb mey br then ho~dl~ Court 

### or way be 

### found. Am 

### aiaended **Aotr,** 

### 1939, 46th Led., p. 

### 499, 8 1."
Artiole SSG3, Reviead Civil $tatutee, aontains oert.ei,n

regulationspertaining to citation and prooedure. The88 8tatut88 oOnertituto all the statutory law 

### inthil, state on the rubjrot 0r 

### reawal or dieabilitlm or 

### 0lnore. Th8 laot sentencela &rtiCle lfQO8 -8 not ia the statute uatll itwas a&&s& **by** an eaend~nt **amth by**  

### the Forty-sixth

### 150

HonorableT. 0. Walton, page 4



### Legislature. Prior to such amendmmt It had been firmly a8tabliehed that thm requirement oi 

### Article S92& 

### thut the petltlon be tiled in the countywhom the minor resided
was a jurisdlotlonalone. **CUnninf&na V8.**  Roblron, IS6 S. W. 441; Durrlll vs. Robiuon, 138 8. XT.101. Obvloua4 the only relaratlonfro& the old atatutr made by the aramdnieat was to permit tha proceedIn to 

### ba had in mother oountr in the sama Judioial districtwhen the judge should k 

### holding oourt or for comeother masoa be found In 

### woh oth8r county. Bowetm, resldenos of the minor within the dlstrlotwas loft jurisdiatioual. **Court** decisions **arising un**  der the old statutr are 

### plainlyapplicable**to** the **umnded** not, except aa above stated,and the qumtlon before us 

### does not involve that 

### exosptlon.

We quote in full tha opinion of Chief Justice Brown, In burr111 w. 

### Robl8on,eupr8,a6 ?ollorrarr

“It appears from the **juQF,wmt ot**  **the dls**  trict oourt of Traris Oeuat~‘
,purporting to 

### muova the 

### dleabllitiss of relator,that shewas not B 

### residentof the oounty of Travis wlthln themeaning of the 

### mtututo. Her aopllcation showa that she oam to 

### TraYlo **OOWity** iOr the purpose 

### of gsttlngher dlsrbilitlee rexzoved, and that sha intendedas (100~3 ae she accoi?ipllshed that purposs to rntura to Bl Baso eouaty. The oourt reciter In its 

### order that rhe is tempcrrrily a 

### residentor 

### Travisaountp. The atat**uts** provides that the prooeadingmust bo had In **th8** oouaty

### wherethe mfner 

### malde8, and, 

### It appurlw upon $hs$aee o? the prooeodin& 

### that aheAidnnt residein 

### Traviseauaty,the ardor is void. Ounnfngham 

### v. Bobleon, 1% 8. W. Ml. Being a &nor, the relator Is not qualltlad to purchase ths kid.

Tt Is therefore ordered that the motion be ovdrti~d, **at t&o**  **oo8t OZ**  the re’lator.*
lrroeathe opinion ot the supreme **Court in**  **in Q.**  **C.** 

### a s. 0. Ry. co.IS. LmomI, me 8.w. 7s.w8 quote1



### It la oortainthat theUmaioiloand r.a/d:;ro;

if T. $. LomoBs, under any &.aSiJq 

### whlohmay be **usoribed** to thoee words, ~66 in 

### Parkoroouoty until his m&oval. to Dollar and

### 151

Ronorabla T. 0. WiltOA, Pa@ 5

hle alleged e&fmoIpation; for T. E. Lemma, wae living IA mrkcr county and that aae the domioile or frloiether, end It la oettled law IA Texas that the domicile at a &LAOS'child io alway6 that or the father, 

### snC necossarlly 

### ohanpss with any om3~8 Or t.hs **fdtkxs*s** ao;ii0ih. **RUtb** 8011 I. Randolph, 11 %x. 4b8; Fraaks v. Ffmoook, 1 Poecry,

mrsp. Caa. 561, SOP?; Lm~l~g t. megory, 100 **Tmr.** 314, JlS, 99 6. W. 542, 10 L. R. A. (Hp. s.) 490, 1eS An. St. Rep. 809; **First** StateBank V. FFIiA,

lb7 S. W. 4154. The XWasOntar this rule is given by J&e Whoalar IA tlM following lbn&,mpe OS Judge Story ir his C4Pillot of Laws, motion 441

~*xi~or8are gtmerally bema inoap4ble, proprio surte, ol ohanelog their dorsloile,**dur** ing their sIaority.* Hardy f. Da LOOA. Tex. 237.
aSchoular statme:

**Thedoxlcils zt or?,& raalna until another i6 laWfully 40v;UixOdtf&Ad, siAUe ti~Crs arm Aot **8ui juries,**  thmy m%y not change tbrlr danioile dUrIA% their minoritf, though t&ey PJLJ **rhea Of**  1~11 age.' sohoular*r Do;tsstIORelstions, p. 313.

"It la obvloue that the diaablllty of a I&- nor to errsOt E chaaga of **doulCfle** by aot **of** hi8 will rests at least in **large** mmm2e on his prommed lack oi oapaitp to fan tha the Intention, WhIOh 18 t&8 all-iaportantrle3ent 10 

### l ffecting euob a ob'l@e, AAd the l&W mkes A0 bfSti30tiOD~ with **respect to**  thi$ laok of ospacity at theraryIng stage8 of ntnority; the presuuptloc being t5a aaam at 10 ye6ars

a8 et 18 &orths. BIAoe them is **AO important**  dlffarenoebstwmn the intention required to srreot a change 0r dc~iolla and to offeat 8 ahanpe of r~sidmnce, **wbdmvmr** the word 

### *realUanoe*

Is used io 

### the 6enm of a 5cma 

### fixed by inteotion,ooAaurrIDgwit& bodily pmamIMa, it au& be held that the di#sbllIty,whlob prevents theplllnor,

through ,11&a?%

of capecit~l

to hare the

53 Fed. 311; In h **Catmon ’** **a E8tat0,**  18 Pa. GO. **Ct.** R. 31E2,214."

### 3.52

Honorable T. 0. ualton, ~a(gr6

The oase of Laanning va. Oregiwy, 99 S. W. 549, was a habeas corpus case involving the **ouat0ay** or a ohila. FlVm the OplnlOn Of the **Su~rsBm** COWA **th8r8iQ, We**  q'lOt8:

Ws answer the rlrat question that the ao~lcile **or** the lnrant rouowea that **0r** the father, and, uson the change of the rather.8 a0nii0ih rrom ~eras to ~ouislnna, the in**rant.8** aOrolciis

W~II **lik~~i8e** changed.

. . "To ths thlra Questionwe snswer, the Ohild being in the lawful ourtody of the rather, his a3ffii0iia ~88 in the **atats** or Laulslana,ana the al&riot oourt or Bunt oo\:nty

ala nat acquire jurlsalotionor the ohlla by raa~J.On

of his temporaryprssenoe in the stat. of Texas. That oourt baa no autharity to adjudge 0 ohangs 0r relation betwsen the fsther and the child. Brownon Jurlealotlon, 290." .. I t;.., I ,,, '7 On the above pointw6 olte also, Emnk 18. Fsln, 157 S*iY*454; 15 T6X. JUr. p* 715; 19 C. J. p. 411; Wight VS. Wright, 285 $. ‘VS. 909.
The juagnmnt in the rsmval of alsabllltleepro000aing shows up0n its raos that this younpl mo*s paronta w8re non-residentsbr Texae. ~8 8 **ihatter** or raot the r0- 03ra shows that It was **the** noo-realdsnoe or auoh psrente, in V~SW of Art1010 Ea?Ho,whloh prsoipftatsa the ?rOOfJOaing ana produced the advantage relied on tc obtain relier. From the authorities cited above, lt 1s 0,lear that the minor*s resia8n00 0r doJ2icm was test 0r his wrem3. Laok or juritidiction 1s thus arflmativsly shown in the order it5eir.

From Cunninghamvs. Roblson, 138 9. W. 441, by the Su~rena Court, we quota:

*The author1t.y here aonfarred upon the dlstrict court is not judicial ln its charaoter, but 1s a ~pealal authority, oxtside of the OonBtftutional gowertl of tb **court.** In such alar8 of **OUSTS** the jud@wM or order entered by the GQUrt iS not 8ntithd to ti38 prOsuptian Or Vuity, 08peaially a23**to** the juriedlotlon **0r** the court, aa would be th8, O~Y(Iwhere the tuAOtiOA psrformd was that of the ordinary juUlcla1 poverir 

### of the court. $rown v. Gheal.ook, 73 Tax.

### 153

Ror;orclbls

11. 0. %dton. page 7

385, 12 S. S. 111, 8U: %:arIco0. k'oElroy, 67 kiss. 547, 7 South, 4G8; Iilndrmn v. C*Conzor, 54 Arc. t27, 16 S. W. 1052, 13 L. Fi. A. 490.

. . ." Cur oglolcn follows that the order of theDlstrlct Court of Cm&r00 County rrttet.pting to rm0ve the dieablll:ies of thla&nor Goes not affect hln status as a non-re&3ent under 26540. And, olnoe hs 1s under twentyon8 years of OgSUndhis parent8 reside Outrrlde the Stat@ he Is a non-resident-#ithinthe meaning of the statute and subject to tko payment of the rae8 provided In sub-par+ graph 2 0r Section 1 or sala.Article 26540.

Yours vfsry

truly

ATTORNZY UBiZiIALOFTEYA‘Z

Glans R. Low18 Asslotant

APPROVEDOCT

25, 1940

u++--Ll ATTORNEY

GENERAL

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