Legal Opinion
In the Interest of J.M.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 28, 2005No. 05-04-00306-CVPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice FITZGERALD.
M.M. (Father) appeals the trial court’s judgment terminating his parental rights to his children, J.M. and L.M. Father brings two issues on appeal asserting (1) the State was equitably estopped from terminating his parental rights and (2) the evidence was legally and factually insufficient to show that termination was in the children’s best interest. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
J.G. (Mother) met Father when she was fourteen years old and working for Father and his first wife. Father was convicted in 1995 of assaulting his first…
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