Texas Department of Human Services v. E.B.

OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

COOK, Justice.

The Respondent’s motion for rehearing is overruled. Our opinion of June 20, 1990, however, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted in its place.

The issue before this court is whether Rule 277 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure means exactly what it says, that is, “In all jury cases the court shall, whenever feasible, submit the cause upon broad-form questions.” Tex.R.Civ.P. 277. This issue arises in the context of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which the Texas Department of Human Services filed suit for termination of…