Legal Opinion

Wiley v. Spratlan

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 14, 1976No. B-5707Published

1Opinion of the Court

543 S.W.2d 349 (1976)

Jacquelyn Layne WILEY, Petitioner,

v.

Kelly SPRATLAN, Respondent.

No. B-5707.

Supreme Court of Texas.

July 14, 1976.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1976.

M. Eldred Smith, Longview, for petitioner.

Curtis L. Owen, Dist. Atty., George M. Conner, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., L. Michael Thompson, Tyler, for respondent.

POPE, Justice.

The courts below ordered the termination of the parent-child relationship between Mrs. Jacquelyn Wiley and her four-year-old daughter. Tex.Civ.App., 529 S.W.2d 616. We reverse the judgments of the courts below and render judgment denying the termination.

Kelly…

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  2. Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  3. Armstrong v. ManzoSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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  5. Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944

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