in the Interest of A.B., R.B., T.B., C.R. and D.M., Children

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

According to Terri Kidd, a Child Protective Services (CPS) investigator, the living conditions at the Gregg County residence of Lista Palmer and her five children, at the time Kidd visited in early 2002, were filthy and unsafe. Kidd’s visit was triggered by Palmer’s report to CPS that her oldest child, son A.B., held the youngest child, five-year-old son D.M., over a chair and threatened to “take his booty.” From the children came reports that A.B. had previously sexually assaulted one or more of them.

Palmer appeals from the termination of her parental…