WOODARD v. TEXAS DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES

No. 8953.

573 S.W.2d 596 (1978)

Sandra WOODARD, Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied November 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter P. Wolfram, Amarillo, for appellant.

George N. Harwood, Asst. Potter County Atty., Miller & Miller (John H. Tull, Jr., Guardian Ad Litem for Children), Amarillo, for appellee.


REYNOLDS, Justice.

Judgment terminating a parent-child relationship was rendered upon a jury's findings of factual issues from a preponderance of the evidence as required by the Texas Family Code. The standard of proof is challenged as being fundamentally erroneous because a federal district court has declared that the Code-required standard of proof is unconstitutional and that the proof must be measured by the clear and convincing standard. We affirm under the Texas...

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