Legal Opinion
In the Interest J.M.S.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 1, 2001No. 01-00-00051-CVPublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PRICE, J.*
Shown Sims (the Father) and Katherine Sims (the Mother), the appellants, appeal from an order terminating the parent-child relationship. We affirm.
Background
The Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services (DPRS), the ap-pellee, took custody of newly born J.M.S. when he was discharged from UTMB hospital. Temporary custody, pending trial, was awarded to DPRS by the trial court *62based on an affidavit, filed by case worker Constance DeQuire, alleging “risk of physical abuse.”
During the trial to terminate the parent-child relationship, it was established that,…
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