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SHAPLEY v. TEX. DEPT. OF HUMAN RES.

No. 6756.

581 S.W.2d 250 (1979)

Vicki K. SHAPLEY, Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES (Formerly Texas Department of Public Welfare), Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

April 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Maxfield, El Paso, for appellant.

Mark Berry, El Paso, for guardian ad litem.

Jerry Severson, El Paso, for intervenors.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., David M. Kendall, Jr., 1st Asst. Atty. Gen., R. Steve Bickerstaff, David H. Young, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Robert Hedicke, Gary A. Reaves, J. Todd Southern, Asst. County Attys., El Paso, for appellee.

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

The natural mother alone appeals from a judgment which terminated the parental rights of the mother and father of their eighteen-month-old child, the judgment naming the Texas Department of Human Resources as the temporary managing conservator. The father's physical abuse of the child triggered the proceedings. We reverse and remand.

The testimony in the case concerning the parties is limited. The child was born in Michigan...

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