Legal Opinion

In the Interest of C.S.C.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 27, 2000No. 09-98-324-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DAVID FARRIS, Justice (Assigned).

In his first point of error, the appellant complains that the trial court erred in not granting his request to establish his paternity of the child through a blood test. The appellee responds that appellant’s paternity action was barred by the final judgment in an earlier suit determining another to be the child’s father. Appellant was not a party to and did not have notice of the earlier suit. We hold that this case is controlled by In the Interest of J.W.T., that appellant has a right protected under Tex. Const, art. I, § 19 (Vernon 1997) that cannot…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In the Interest of J.W.T.Texas Supreme Court · 1994

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Texas Department of Protective & Regulatory Services v. SherryTexas Supreme Court · 2001

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