Cooper v. Texas Department of Human Resources

I respectfully dissent.

There is a substantial amount of evidence indicating that the appellant should not be the managing conservator of his children. The record discloses that there were three social studies conducted in this case. These reports are automatically made a part of the appellate record. Wimpey v. Wimpey, 662 S.W.2d 680 (Tex.App.1983, no writ). The trial judge, in her sound discretion, no doubt considered them in determining the issue of proper custody. Two of these social studies cast serious doubt on the more favorable report relied upon by the appellant. The one and only…