MATTER OF GILMORE

No. 1066.

559 S.W.2d 879 (1977)

In the Matter of Herman Eugene GILMORE, a minor child.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

December 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edith L. James, Office of Dennis L. White, Dallas, for appellant.

William H. Kugle, Jr., Kugle, Douglas & Skelton, James R. Kittles, Athens, for guardian ad litem.


McKAY, Justice.

Suit was brought by the State Department of Public Welfare to terminate the parent-child relationship of Ovide L. Gilmore, father, and Herman Eugene Gilmore, a minor child. The trial court terminated the parental rights of Ovide L. Gilmore, and he brings this appeal.

The petition alleged that the natural father voluntarily left the child alone or in the possession of another, not the parent, and expressed an intent not to return; that he knowingly...

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