Legal Opinion
Doyle v. Texas Department of Protective & Regulatory Services
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided May 3, 2000No. 08-99-00037-CVPublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.
“Now this Court is faced with the question of, should a person sell their parental rights for a monthly adoption subsidy? And what price should a person put on their parental rights?”
With these words, trial counsel for Joyce Marie Doyle set the stage in defense of this suit to terminate her parental rights to T.D. and J.D., two of her four children. Finding the evidence legally insufficient to support termination under either of the statutory grounds enunciated in the trial court’s order, we reverse and render.
FACTUAL SUMMARY
Doyle is the mother of four…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Garza v. AlviarTexas Supreme Court · 1965
- Holley v. AdamsTexas Supreme Court · 1976
- Texas Department of Human Services v. BoydTexas Supreme Court · 1987
- Holick v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1985
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3Cited by93 opinions
- In the Interest of J.T.G., H.N.M., Children, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2003
- Antero Perez AKA Antero P. Gonzalez and Patricia Saenz v. Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2004
- In re Interest of K-A.B.M.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2018
- Salas v. Texas Department of Protective & Regulatory Services, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2002
- State v. ScruggsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
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