Legal Opinion

in the Interest of J.O.A., T.J.A.M., T.J.M., and C.T.M., Children

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 1, 2009No. 08-0379PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVID M. MEDINA, Justice.

The Texas Family Code requires that a statement of points on which a party intends to appeal be presented to the trial court within fifteen days after the signing of a final order terminating parental rights. Tex. Fam.Code § 263.405(b). The Code further provides that an appellate court is to consider only those issues presented to the trial court in a timely filed statement of points. Id. § 263.405®. The issue in this parental rights termination case is whether the failure to follow these procedural rules in the Family Code precludes appellate review of an ineffective…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  5. In the Interest of J.F.C.Texas Supreme Court · 2002

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. In the Interest of E.R.Texas Supreme Court · 2012
  2. In the INTEREST OF D.M., a Child, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2014
  3. Dennis Draper, Greg Hadley, and Charles Huston v. Austin Manufacturing Services I, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2015
  4. In the INTEREST OF D.M., a Child, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2014
  5. In the Interest of J.B and B.B., Children v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2026

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