In the Interest of J.C.B.

OPINION

BRIAN QUINN, Chief Justice.

Richard Phillip Beats appeals from an order terminating his parental relationship with his child, J.C.B. The sole issue before us concerns the trial court’s subject matter jurisdiction to order termination. He argues that it had no such authority given that the home state of J.C.B. lay outside of Texas. Nor did statute investing Texas courts with authority to assume “temporary emergency jurisdiction” over children threatened with mistreatment or abuse fill the void. We disagree and overrule the contention. 1

Applicable Law

Whether a trial court has subject…