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GABERT v. MESSICK

No. 2-90-309-CV.

828 S.W.2d 226 (1992)

R.M.H., a Minor Child, by Sharon GABERT, Attorney Ad Litem, Appellant, v. Roy William MESSICK, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

March 25, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon Gabert, Atty. ad litem, Fort Worth, for R.M.H.

B.C. Cornish, Fort Worth, for Donna Whatley Haney West in court below.

Carl E. Mallory, Arlington, for Roy William Messick.

Before JOE SPURLOCK, II, HILL and DAY, JJ.

OPINION

JOE SPURLOCK, II, Justice.

The question is whether R.M.H., a minor, by and through her attorney ad litem, has standing to appeal an order overruling a bill of review when she was not a party to the original suit. We find that she does not because she was not virtually represented by her mother.

R.M.H. was born in September 1985. In April 1986, her natural mother, Donna West, filed a paternity suit against Roy William Messick, appellee, claiming...

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