In the Interest of M.B.D., a Child

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice CARTER.

In this appeal we address whether the trial court erred in failing to admit evidence at a hearing on a motion for new trial following the trial court’s order on conservatorship and child support. We find that facts were alleged which, if true, would have entitled appellant mother to a new trial, and therefore the trial court was obligated to hear evidence. We reverse the trial court’s judgment and remand for an evidentiary hearing on the mother’s new trial motion.

I. Background

Sarah, the child the subject of this suit in the trial court, was bom to Jennifer and…