Legal Opinion
Holick v. Smith
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 6, 1985No. C-3261PublishedCited by 1,154 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPEARS, Justice.
This case involves the involuntary termination of the parent-child relationship between Mable Jo Holick and two of her children. Mr. and Mrs. Danny Eugene Smith brought suit for termination and for adoption of the two Holick children. After a non-jury trial, the court ordered termination of the parent-child relationship and granted the adoption. The court of appeals, in an unpublished opinion, affirmed. We reverse the judgments of the courts below.
In early March 1982, Ms. Holick left the children with the Smith family. Ms. Holick had been unable to financially support herself…
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