Legal Opinion

In the Interest of D.M.B.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 29, 2015No. 04-14-00767-CVPublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by:

Marialyn Barnard, Justice

This is a restricted appeal from atrial court’s order terminating appellant father’s (“Father”) parental rights. On appeal, Father contends the trial court erred in terminating his parental rights because the trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over him. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

BACKGROUND

In 2013, the Texas Department of Family Services (“the Department”) filed an original petition, seeking to terminate.Father’s parental rights to his children, D.M.B. and I.L.B., on numerous grounds.1 In the petition, the Department…

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