Legal Opinion
In re Interest of K.S.L.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 22, 2017No. 16-0558PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Willett
*108Under exacting provisions of the Texas Family Code, parents may relinquish their parental rights by executing an affidavit of voluntary relinquishment. In this parental-termination case, even though the parents executed statutorily compliant affidavits, the court of appeals held that the trial-court order terminating parental rights could be overturned on appeal on grounds that clear and convincing evidence of the child's best interest was lacking. We disagree and reverse the court of appeals' judgment regarding termination of parental rights.
I. Background
In February 2015, the Department of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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