DIRECTOR, DALLAS COUNTY CHILD WELFARE v. THOMPSON

No. 05-83-00391-CV.

667 S.W.2d 282 (1984)

DIRECTOR, DALLAS COUNTY CHILD WELFARE, Appellant, v. Annie Josephine THOMPSON, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Munden, and Maridell Templeton, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, for appellant.

Cynthia Hollingsworth, Maxine T. McConnell, Dallas, for appellee.

Stephen C. Crane, Dallas, guardian Litem.

Before STEPHENS, WHITHAM and STEWART, JJ.


STEPHENS, Justice.

The Director of the Dallas County Child Welfare Unit of the Texas Department of Human Resources sought to terminate the parent-child relationship between appellee and her child. The trial court denied termination on the ground that the notary public before whom the mother executed an affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights was an employee of the Texas Department of Human Resources, and as such, was disqualified as a matter of law to acknowledge...

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