IN RE C.H.

No. 00-0552.

89 S.W.3d 17 (2002)

In the interest of C.H., a minor child.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 3, 2002.

Rehearing Denied September 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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.

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


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.

We are asked to decide the appropriate appellate standard to review the factual sufficiency of the evidence in parental termination cases, in which the burden of proof at trial is by clear and convincing evidence. We granted review to resolve the conflict among the courts of appeals...

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