Legal Opinion
In the Interest of R.R. & S.J.S.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 1, 2006No. 06-0460PublishedCited by 1,049 opinions
1Per curiam
Ambrea Rodgers appeals from the termination of her parental rights to her children, R.R. and S. J.S. She asserts that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to set aside a default judgment and grant her motion for new trial. We agree. We reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and remand for trial.
The Dallas County Child Protective Services Unit of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (CPS) took custody of Rodgers’s son, R.R., after Rodgers was jailed on August 31, 2004 for forgery, fraud, and drug possession. She was pregnant at the time. On September 2,…
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