Legal Opinion
Gonzalez v. Avalos
Texas Supreme Court
Decided March 2, 1995No. 94-0049PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from an order denying a motion for summary judgment based on a claim of official immunity. It involves the construction of certain Department of Human Services (DHS) statutes, 1 as applied to the facts of the case and as the statutory provisions interplay with administrative codes 2 in force at the relevant time.
Avalos was the father of two boys, ages two and five, who were in the custody of his former wife. Avalos reported to the Child Protective Services Division of the DHS that their mother’s live-in boyfriend was abusing his children. Gonzalez, the supervisor of the DHS…
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