Supreme Court of Texas

Parental termination findings must be upheld against a factual sufficiency challenge, if evidence allows a reasonable jury to believe that grounds exist for termination under Texas Family Code sections 161.001 and 161.206(a), and in reversing, a reviewing court must detail relevant evidence and clearly state why the evidence is insufficient to support a termination finding, by clear and convincing evidence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/11/2001
• Decided 07/03/2002
• Published 07/03/2002

Judges

• Justice JEFFERSON delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice ENOCH, Justice OWEN, Justice BAKER, Justice O'NEILL, and Justice RODRIGUEZ join.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles G. Childress, Austin, Duke Hooten, Boerne, Sarah Regina Guidry, Houston, Texas Dept. of Protective & Regulatory Services, Jose R. Rodriguez, Michael J. Alvarez, El Paso County Attorneys, El Paso, John Cornyn, Attorney General of the State of Texas, Philip A. Lionberger, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Julie Caruthers Parsley, Office of the Solicitor General of Texas, Austin, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Terence Garcia, Thomas E. Stanton, The Law Firm of James Kirby Read, El Paso, James W. Paulsen, Houston, for Respondent.