In the Interest of Unnamed Baby McLean

I respectfully dissent, adopting the reasoning of the dissenting opinion in In Interest of T.E.T., 603 S.W.2d 793 (Tex.1980). I find the majority opinion in T.E.T. and the majority opinion in this case to be inconsistent with the constitutional principles expressed in the cases of Caban v. Mohammed, 441 U.S. 380, 99 S.Ct. 1760, 60 L.Ed.2d 297 (1979) and Lehr v. Robertson, 463 U.S. 248, 103 S.Ct. 2985, 77 L.Ed.2d 614 (1983).

In Caban, the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional sec. Ill of the New York State Domestic Relations Law (McKinney 1977), which permitted an unwed mother, but not an…