IN RE K.M.L.

No. 12-0728.

443 S.W.3d 101 (2014)

In the Interest of K.M.L., a Child.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided August 29, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teressa Anderson, Huntsville, TX, pro se for Other interested party Teressa Anderson.

Melissa Hannah , Attorney at Law, Lufkin, TX, Attorney ad Litem for Other interested party Attorney ad Litem.

Kathleen E. Matheu , Attorney at Law, Coldspring, TX, for Petitioner 1, Melissa Levalley.

Diane Macfarlane , Law Office of Diane Macfarlane, Longview, TX, Michael L. Davis , Attorney at Law, Coldspring, TX, for Petitioner 2, John Andrew James.

Kerry C. Hagan , Attorney at Law, Oakhurst, TX, for Petitioner 3, Angali Tarneja.

Eric Tek Tai , Luisa P. Marrero , Michael Shulman , Susan Marie Wolfe , Austin, TX, for Respondent, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.


Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice HECHT, Justice WILLETT, Justice GUZMAN, and Justice BROWN joined, and in which Justice JOHNSON and Justice BOYD joined except as to Parts II.B, II.D, and IV, and in which Justice LEHRMANN and Justice DEVINE joined except as to Parts III and IV.

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