Garza v. Texas Department of Family & Protective Services

212 S.W.3d 373 (2006)

Dyana Guillen GARZA, Appellant,

v.

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, Appellee.

No. 03-05-00808-CV.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

May 19, 2006.

Erick A. Bovik, Bovik & Meredith, P.C., Austin, for appellant.

Michael C. Shulman, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., San Marcos, for Texas Department of appellee.

Larry O. Rasco, San Marcos, for ad litem.

Before Chief Justice LAW, Justices PATTERSON and PEMBERTON.

OPINION

BOB PEMBERTON, Justice.

In this accelerated appeal, we decide whether, on the record before us, the district court was required to dismiss the underlying suit…