Legal Opinion

Lane v. Jefferson County Child Welfare Unit

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 23, 1978No. 8065PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLAYTON, Justice.

Charles 0. Lane appeals from a judgment in favor of Jefferson County Child Welfare Unit, appellee, in which the parent-child relationship between appellant and his child, Charles Steven Lane, was terminated under the provisions of Tex. Family Code Ann. § 15.02(1)(E) (Supp.1978). Judgment of termination was based on a jury verdict which found that appellant had “engaged in conduct or knowingly placed the child with persons who engaged in conduct which endangers the physical or emotional well-being of the child” and that such termination “would be in the best interest of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hendricks v. CurryTexas Supreme Court · 1966
  2. D-----F v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. in the Interest of W.J.H., Jr., J.J.H., D.D.H., and D.N.H., Children, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2003
  2. Allred v. Harris County Child Welfare UnitCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
  3. Ziegler v. Tarrant County Child Welfare UnitCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
  4. Martin N. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Division of Family & Youth ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Director of the Dallas County Child Protective Services Unit of the Texas Department of Human Services v. BowlingCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992

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