In Re Lambert

OPINION

SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice.

In this original proceeding, we hold the Texas version of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (the TUCCJA) does not permit the trial court to exercise jurisdiction over the bill of review petition brought by two former parents seeking to set aside the final judgment terminating their parental rights. By the time the petition was filed, the termination judgment was almost six months old, the child’s home state was not Texas, neither of her parents or any person acting as her parent lived in Texas, and her contacts with Texas were distant and minimal. We…