Legal Opinion
In Re Texas Department of Family & Protective Services
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 2006No. 04-1043PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wainwright
delivered the
opinion of the Court,
in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice HECHT, Justice BRISTER, Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN, Justice JOHNSON, and Justice WILLETT joined.
We deny Joy Higdon’s motion for rehearing. We withdraw our opinion of September 22, 2006 and substitute the following in its place.
Section 263.401 of the Texas Family Code establishes a deadline for rendition of a final order in suits affecting the parent-child relationship (SAPCRs) brought by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Although the trial court abused its discretion in faffing to dismiss the…
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