Legal Opinion
Rogers v. Lowry
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 20, 1977No. 16843PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Justice.
Relators in this mandamus proceeding seek to compel the Honorable Robert L. Lowry, Judge of the Juvenile Court, Harris County to proceed to trial in adoption proceedings instituted by relators.
Relator Janie Rogers is the natural mother of two minor children born out of wedlock in 1970 and 1972 and having different biological fathers. Relator Kenneth Loyd Rogers is the step-father of the two children, having married the children’s mother in 1974. On September 9, 1976, Relators filed the subject proceedings for the adoption of the two children. The adoption petition indicates…
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