Legal Opinion
In the Interest of J.W.T.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided March 30, 1994No. D-1742Published
1Dissent 1
DISSENTING OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
2Dissent · CornynCornyn, Justice
[Filed March 30, 1994]
The dissenting opinion of September 15, 1993, 36 Tex.Sup.Ct.J. 1277, is withdrawn and the following is substituted in its place.
Respectfully, I dissent. Aware of the monumental social crisis posed by broken families in our state and nation, the legislature could have rationally chosen to protect the marital family over any right that the Texas Constitution might confer on a biological father. Elevating its will over the law, the court has substituted its own social policy preferences for those of the people’s legitimate…
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