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TEXAS DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. BOYD

No. C-5877.

727 S.W.2d 531 (1987)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES et al., Petitioner, v. William S. BOYD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

April 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Crozier and Ann S. Taylor, Hearne, Knolle, Lewallen, Livingston & Holcomb, J. Patrick Wiseman, Attorney General's Office, Don Kay, Texas Dept. of Human Services, from Austin, for petitioner.

Hal Hemstreet, Texas Dept. of Corrections, Sugar Land, R. Stephen Tompkins, Legal Aid Society of Central Texas, Austin, for respondent.

ROBERTSON, Justice.

This is an action to terminate the parent-child relationship between the biological father, William Swanson Boyd, and his minor child. Suit was instituted by the Texas Department of Human Resources after the child's natural mother, Barbara Arriola, signed an irrevocable affidavit of relinquishment of her parental rights. Boyd was served with process and entered an appearance in the case and cross-petitioned for legitimation. Prior to trial of this...

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