In the Interest of Garcia

REYNOLDS, Senior Justice (Retired).

Standing to file an original parent-child relationship suit is generally granted to “a person who has had actual care, control, and possession of the child for not less than six months preceding the filing of the petition.” Tex.Fam.Code Ann. § 102.003(9) (Vernon 1996). The question presented by this appeal is whether the trial court correctly dismissed with prejudice a suit filed by parties who did not have actual care, control, and possession of the child for six consecutive months preceding the filing of their petition. Answering affirmatively, we will…