IN RE R.A.T.

No. 11-96-124-CV.

938 S.W.2d 783 (1997)

In re R.A.T., R.L.T., P.R.T., and B.T.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied March 13, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Celia D. Trimble Boone, Law Offices of Celia Trimble Boone, Malcolm Schulz, Schulz & Robertson, Abilene, for appellant.

Kollin Shadle, Appellate Section, Criminal District Attorney's Office, Gary A. Orren, Assistant Criminal District Attorney, Abilene, for appellee.

Before ARNOT, C.J., and DICKENSON and WRIGHT, JJ.


OPINION

ARNOT, Chief Justice.

The issue before this court is whether including constructive abandonment, a recently created ground for involuntary termination of parental rights, in the jury charge violated the constitutional prohibition against retroactive laws under the facts of this case. We find that it did, and we reverse and remand.

In two points of error, appellant contends that instructing the jury on constructive abandonment violated her...

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