Supreme Court of Texas

Petitions for review of a court of appeals ruling reversing a parental rights termination order on factual insufficiency grounds, and reversing a conservatorship appointment, are denied where: 1) the only available statutory mechanism for the Department of Family and Protective Services's appointment was as a consequence of the termination pursuant to Tex. Fam. Code section 161.207; and 2) thus, In the Interest of J.A.J., ___ S.W.3d ___ (Tex. 2007) does not apply, and mother's challenge to the conservatorship appointment was subsumed in her appeal of the parental-rights termination order.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/08/2008
• Published 02/08/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael A. Stafford, Harris County Atty., Sandra D. Hachem, Harris County Sr. Asst. Atty., Angela Moritz Craven, and Lisa S. Rice, Harris County Atty's Office, Houston, for Department of Family & Protective Services in Nos. 07-0621, 07-0624, and 07-0625., Michael A. Stafford, Harris County Atty., Sandra D. Hachem, Harris County Sr. Asst. Atty., Lisa S. Rice and Angela Moritz Craven, Harris County Atty's Office, Houston, for Department of Family & Protective Services in Nos. 07-0622 and 07-0623., William B. Connolly, William Leslie Shireman, William B. Connolly & Associates, Houston, Reo Harris Jr., Spring, for Ericka Colbert., Glenn H. Devlin, Devlin & Phillips, Houston, Attorney Ad Litem., Marlos B. Ferguson, Beaumont, pro se in No. 07-0621., Trenton Jackson Sr., Beeville, pro se in No. 07-0622, 07-0603, and 07-0604., George T. Clevenger, Houston, for James Allen in No. 07-0624., Thomas D. Montgomery, Houston, for Unknown Father in No. 07-0624., Jesse Davis Mosley, Sr., Midway, pro se., Kathryn Marie Diaz, Harris County Domestic Relations Office, Houston, for Office of Attorney General.