GREEN v. REMLING

No. B-9577.

608 S.W.2d 905 (1980)

Oliver Douglas GREEN et ux. v. Daniel P. REMLING et al.

Supreme Court of Texas.

November 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caldwell & Hurst, Steve Underwood, Houston, for petitioners.

Denson & Swain, Howard J. Stern, Houston, for respondents.


SPEARS, Justice.

Petitioners here, Oliver and Rada Green, petitioned the district court for the adoption of their two nephews and niece, all minors whose parents died in a car accident. The trial court granted the adoption. Respondents, Daniel and Mary Remling, and Mary Lightfoot, the children's paternal grandparents and paternal aunt, appealed. The court of civil appeals reversed the judgment of the trial court and remanded the cause for a new trial.

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