Legal Opinion

in the Interest of S.M.D., a Child

Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)

Decided February 24, 2010No. 04-08-00602-CVPublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by: STEVEN C. HILBIG, Justice.

The father of S.M.D. appeals the trial court’s order appointing the child’s maternal grandmother a possessory conservator and imposing a geographic restriction on S.M.D.’s residence. We hold the grandmother did not have standing to seek con-servatorship of S.M.D. and the trial court should not have imposed a geographic restriction.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

S.M.D. was born to Ed and Nonnie on July 6, 2005. Ed and Nonnie were never married, and them relationship became contentious during the pregnancy and later paternity proceedings. In October 2006, the…

2Cases cited21 opinions

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