MENDEZ v. BREWER

No. C-656.

626 S.W.2d 498 (1982)

Manuel C. MENDEZ, Sr., Petitioner, v. James E. BREWER et ux., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenda J. Garrett, Dallas, for petitioner.

Jeffie J. Massey and R. Lewis Nicholson, Dallas, for respondents.


BARROW, Justice.

The question presented by this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to permit foster parents to become parties to a termination proceeding filed by the Department of Human Resources against the natural parents.

The Texas Department of Human Resources ("Department") brought suit against Manuel C. Mendez and wife Mary Helen Mendez to terminate the parent-child relationship with their fourteen month old son, Jesse...

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