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MELTON v. DALLAS CTY. CHILD WELFARE UNIT

No. 20360.

602 S.W.2d 119 (1980)

Sandra Kay MELTON, Appellant, v. DALLAS COUNTY CHILD WELFARE UNIT OF the TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

July 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Johnson, Staff Counsel for Inmates, Texas Dept. of Corrections, Sugarland, for appellant.

Maridell Templeton, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, for appellee.

Jeffrey H. Kilgore, Irving, for guardian ad litem.

Before GUITTARD, C. J., and AKIN and STOREY, JJ.

GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

Sandra Kay Melton appeals from a decree terminating her parental rights to her two sons on the ground that the evidence is insufficient as a matter of law to support the jury's findings. She also complains of the admission of hearsay statements by the children concerning their desire for adoption, of opinions on the ultimate issues by a caseworker in the Department of Human Resources, and comments by the judge that the caseworker had no duty...

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