F.F.W. v. E.F.

SAM A. BEATTY, Retired Justice.

F.F.W. appeals from a judgment awarding custody of her child, R.F., to E.F., the child’s maternal grandmother. We reverse and remand.

The mother is 27 years old and has cerebral palsy. The child is presently seven years old and also has cerebral palsy. The mother and her child lived with the grandmother until July 1992, when the mother married. After the mother’s marriage, the child lived with his mother and stepfather.

In September 1992, the grandmother filed a report of abandonment against the mother. The case was dismissed. In December 1992, the child’s school…