Legal Opinion
Gates v. Texas Department of Family & Protective Services
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided April 18, 2008No. 03-06-00784-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOB PEMBERTON, Justice.
Melissa Gates appeals from a judgment granting the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services’s plea to the jurisdiction and dismissing her lawsuit against it. As its sole ground for dismissal, the Department had urged that Gates had failed to exhaust her administrative remedies. Concluding that Gates was not required to exhaust any administrative remedies before prosecuting her suit, we reverse the judgment of dismissal and remand to the district court for further proceedings.
BACKGROUND
At relevant times, Ms. Gates and her husband have been the parents of…
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