SIMS v. ADOPTION ALLIANCE

No. 04-95-00745-CV.

922 S.W.2d 213 (1996)

Rena SIMS, Appellant, v. The ADOPTION ALLIANCE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constance Crawford, Student Attorney, Ana Novoa, Supervising Attorney, Center for Legal & Social Justice (St. Mary's University School of Law), San Antonio, for appellant.

Dale Johnson, The Adoption Alliance, San Antonio, Sam C. Bashara, Law Offices of Sam C. Bashara, P.C., San Antonio, for appellee.

Before CHAPA, C.J., and HARDBERGER and GREEN, JJ.


HARDBERGER, Justice.

This heart-rending case, which ultimately may have no winners, pits the clear language of a statute against equity. Judges on the campaign trail always promise they will uphold the law as written, and not what they wish was written. The separation of powers doctrine requires such obedience. Having so promised, and being so bound by law, we follow the statute.

Facts

At the heart of the case is a little baby girl, whom in the quaint...

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