JIMENEZ EX REL. LITTLE v. GARZA

No. 08-89-00062-CV.

787 S.W.2d 601 (1990)

Gerardo JIMENEZ, ex rel., Maribel LITTLE, a Child, Appellant, v. Reynaldo GARZA and Lila Garza, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

April 4, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matt L. Thomas, Law Offices of Matt L. Thomas, Odessa, for appellant.

Allen R. Stroder, Odessa, for appellees.

Lilly A. Plummer, West Texas Legal Services, Odessa, Atty. Ad Litem.

Before OSBORN, C.J., and FULLER and WOODARD, JJ.


OPINION

WOODARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of termination of parental rights to a minor child. We reverse.

The child was born out of wedlock. During the pregnancy, the mother informed the Appellees/Garzas that she was going to allow the baby to be adopted, and the Appellees offered to do so. Petition for adoption, alleging the father's identity was unknown, was filed after birth. Subsequently, the father intervened claiming paternity...

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