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in the Interest of Z.M., W.M., and L.M., Children

Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)

Decided January 23, 2015No. 06-14-00068-CVPublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice Morriss

Katy Miles and Ben Murphy have three children, five-year-old Zachary Murphy, two-year-old Wilson Murphy, and one-year-old Lucy Murphy. 1 Miles and Murphy, both unemployed high-school dropouts, had a tumultuous, abusive relationship, lived with the children in a filthy trailer, and survived by Murphy’s manufacture of methamphetamine. The parental rights of both Miles and Murphy to Zachary, Wilson, and Lucy were terminated in this case after Wilson was severely burned by chemicals, apparently in a drug-manufacturing accident. Miles appeals by challenging…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. City of Keller v. WilsonTexas Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. In the Interest of J.F.C.Texas Supreme Court · 2002
  4. Holley v. AdamsTexas Supreme Court · 1976
  5. in the Interest of J.P.B., a ChildTexas Supreme Court · 2005

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. In the Interest of M.C.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  2. In re Interest of K-A.B.M.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2018
  3. In re Interest of E.J.Z.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2018
  4. In re Interest of A.R.C.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2018
  5. In the Interest of H.B.C.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2016

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