Matthews v. Simmons

SUMMERS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment terminating the parent-child relationship between appellant, the natural father, and his 14-year old daughter, appointing appellee, the maternal aunt of the child, as managing conservator and appointing appellant and his present wife (stepmother) as possessory conservators of said child.

The appellee filed her petition to terminate said parent-child relationship on October 14, 1977. Appellee alleged, as grounds for terminating parental rights, that appellant committed four of the acts listed in Tex.Fam.Code Ann. sec. 15.02(1) (Supp.…