FOWLER v. JONES

No. 03-96-00331-CV.

949 S.W.2d 442 (1997)

Lisa Ann FOWLER, Appellant, v. Tonia JONES, Susan Arbuckle and Lawrence Joseph Thoren, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled August 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Arth, Austin, for Appellant.

Mary Kay Sicola, Austin, for Appellees.

Before CARROLL, C.J., and ABOUSSIE and B.A. SMITH, JJ.


CARROLL, Chief Justice.

This case requires us to interpret a statute conferring standing on certain persons to file suits affecting the parent-child relationship. See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 102.003(9) (West 1996). It does not involve the merits of the underlying claim. Appellant Lisa Ann Fowler filed a suit seeking possessory conservatorship1 of a child born to appellee Tonia Jones. The district court dismissed the suit, ruling...

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