K. M. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

K.M.,

Appellant,

v.

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES,

Appellee.

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No. 08-12-00018-CV

Appeal from the

65th Judicial District Court

of El Paso County, Texas

(TC# 2010CM8329)

O P I N I O N

In this accelerated appeal, Appellant K.M. (Kari) appeals from the trial court’s order terminating her parental rights to her child, S.M., and appointing the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services as S.M.’s sole managing conservator.[1] We affirm.

BACKGROUND

After S.M. reported that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather,…