Texas Department of Human Services v. White

This is an appeal from a case involving the involuntary termination of parental rights. The trial court rendered judgment, based upon a jury verdict, terminating Vanessa White’s parental rights to her infant son. Among other things, the jury heard extensive evidence about White’s illegal behavior, emotional illness, substance abuse, and dysfunctional parent-child relationships. During the birth of the child, White had fresh needle marks on her arms. She acknowledged that she used drugs during the last week of her pregnancy. When the child was born, he exhibited symptoms consistent with…