ALLRED v. HARRIS CTY. CHILD WELFARE UNIT

No. 17593.

615 S.W.2d 803 (1980)

Vincent Lee ALLRED, Appellant, v. HARRIS COUNTY CHILD WELFARE UNIT and George Ford, Director of Harris County Child Welfare Unit, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

December 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Windell E. Cooper Porter, J. Quincy Carter, Houston, for appellant.

Harris County Child Welfare, Linda A. Thompson, Houston, for appellee.

Before COLEMAN, C.J., and WALLACE and DOYLE, JJ.


COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a suit terminating the parental rights of Vincent Lee Allred. This appeal is unique in that Vincent Lee Allred was incarcerated before the birth of his son and has never seen him. The trial was to the court without a jury.

Vincent Lee Allred and Pamela Allred were the parents of Christopher Lee Allred. Vincent Lee was remanded to the custody of the Texas Department of Corrections in January of 1976, a date prior...

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