Supreme Court of Texas

In an action to terminate petitioner's parental rights in his four children, judgment of the court of appeals' affirming the trial court's holding that petitioner presented no substantial question for appellate review only because his statement of points was late-filed, is reversed and remanded as due process does not allow the lack of the required statement to be the basis for denying the parent an appellate record.

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• Argued 08/08/2009
• Decided 07/02/2010
• Published 07/02/2010

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• Supreme Court of Texas

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