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CHAPMAN v. HOME

No. 17945.

561 S.W.2d 265 (1978)

Richard Lindell CHAPMAN et ux., Appellants, v. Edna Gladney HOME, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

January 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford Powell, Sherman and Denning Schattman, Fort Worth, for appellants.

Wynn, Brown, Mack, Renfro & Thompson, and John Randolph Thompson, Jr., and William M. Schur, Fort Worth, for appellee.

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

By arrangement with Mr. and Mrs. Chapman the Edna Gladney Home, a licensed child placement agency, permitted an infant female child to reside in the Chapman home. Anticipation was that after the expiration of a period of six months the Chapmans would proceed to effect an adoption. Within that six-month period the Gladney Home concluded that such an adoption would not be for the best interests of the child. Gladney Home removed...

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