Legal Opinion
J. D. S. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided September 24, 2014No. 08-14-00191-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice. . .
This is an appeal from an order terminating the parent child relationship between JDS and LS predicated upon Texas Family Code subsections 161.001(1)(D), (E), (O), and a finding that termination is in the best interest of the child. The final order appoints the Department as the child’s sole managing conservator. In eight issues, 1 JDS challenges the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence to support termination. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
FACTUAL SUMMARY
LS was five years old at the time of trial. JDS was incarcerated throughout…
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