Legal Opinion
In the Interest of A.V.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 11, 2001No. 10-00-124-CVPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VANCE, Justice.
From 1983 to 1993, Appellant Pablo Puig, a Cuban native who came to America in 1980, lived with Becky Vela. Pablo sold used cars and also worked as an automobile mechanic, and Becky ran a video store they owned. They have two sons: A.V. born February 5, 1986, and J.V. born March 3, 1988. J.V. has severe mental retardation with an I.Q. of about forty.
In 1993 Pablo was arrested and convicted for a federal drug offense. He was sentenced to 100 months in prison. Within months after Pablo’s incarceration, Becky began failing to properly care for the children. She left them…
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