In the Interest of W.E.R.

In this cause of action the trial court denied a requested adoption. No findings of fact or conclusions of law were requested and none were filed. The court of appeals held, with one justice dissenting, that comments made by the trial judge at the conclusion of the adoption hearing amounted to a finding that the adoption was denied for the sole reason that the petitioner was a single man. Accordingly, the court of appeals reversed the trial court judgment and remanded the case for a new trial. 663 S.W.2d 887. Pursuant to Rule 483, Tex.R.Civ.P., we grant the writ of error and, without hearing…