In re F.E.N.

The Department of Family and Protective Services challenges the court of appeals's reversal of a trial court order granting the Department sole managing conservatorship of a nine-year-old child, F.E.N. ("Fay").1 The issue of sole managing conservatorship was part of a larger proceeding that resulted in the termination of Fay's parents' parental rights. The court of appeals reversed the trial court's judgment to the extent it terminated father's parental rights and awarded sole managing conservatorship to the Department. 542 S.W.3d 752, 772 (Tex. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 2018). The…