In the Interest of R_ D_ P

AKIN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of a juvenile court of Dallas County terminating the parental rights of appellant, the natural mother of the child, and appointing appellee as managing conservator. Trial was had before the court without a jury. We were advised in oral argument before this court that the guardian ad litem appointed by the trial court to represent the interests of the child joins in appellee’s brief and the contentions presented here.

The child in question was born in December 1973. From the time of her birth to the day of trial, the natural father has been out of…