Legal Opinion

In re R_ E_ W

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 30, 1976No. 16786PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EVANS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Juvenile Court, terminating the parent-child relationship between Dorothy Mae Woods and her child Rebecca E. Woods and naming the Harris County Child Welfare Unit as the managing conservator for the child.

In her first three points of error Mrs. Woods questions the constitutionality of the emergency sections of the Texas Family Code which authorize juvenile probation and law enforcement officers and authorized representatives of the State Department of Public Welfare to take possession of a child without notice, “to protect him from an…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  3. Armstrong v. ManzoSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  5. Holley v. AdamsTexas Supreme Court · 1976

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Moore v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. In the Interest of K.C.M.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1999
  3. Matter of R-----E-----WCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1976
  4. Brown v. JonesDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1979
  5. Moore v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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