Legal Opinion

In the Interest of an Unnamed Child

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 24, 1979No. 18175Published

1Opinion of the Court

584 S.W.2d 476 (1979)

In the Interest of an UNNAMED CHILD.

No. 18175.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

May 24, 1979.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1979.

May & Herridge, and Kenneth A. Herridge, Dallas, for appellant.

Wynn, Brown, Mack, Renfro & Thompson, and William M. Schur, Fort Worth, for appellee.

OPINION

SPURLOCK, Justice.

The paternal grandparents of an unnamed child appeal from a summary judgment denying all relief requested in their petition for adoption. The sole question presented is whether the grandparents have standing to petition for adoption of the child. We conclude they have…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent · Hughes; Dissent · Hughes.

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lámar v. MicouSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  2. In the Interest of an Unnamed ChildCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979
  3. Lutheran Social Service, Inc. v. FarrisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972

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