In the Interest of Hughes

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

The trial court dismissed appellant’s adoption petition, holding that she lacked standing to adopt her own child because she was “a former parent whose parent-child relationship with the child has been terminated by court decree.” Tex.Fam. Code Ann. sec. 11.03(g)(1) (Vernon 1986).

Appellant is the natural mother of Jeremy Leigh Hughes, who was bom on March 11, 1976. In January, 1983, the parent/child relationship between appellant and Jeremy was terminated, after she voluntarily relinquished her parental rights. The parental rights of the natural father were terminated in…