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TX. DEPT. OF PROT. AND REG. SER. v. SHERRY

No. 00-0386.

46 S.W.3d 857 (2001)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PROTECTIVE AND REGULATORY SERVICES, Petitioner, v. Charles SHERRY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

April 26, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzanne Laechelin, Asst. County Atty., Conroe, Gregory S. Coleman, Office of Atty. Gen. of Texas, Sarah Regina Guidry, Texas Dept. of Protective and Regulatory Services, Houston, John Cornyn, Andy Taylor, Office of the Atty. Gen. of Texas, Austin, Cecilia Gutierrez, Sharon Kay Yanger, Asst. County Attys., Conroe, Petitioner.

John Foster Pettit, Adair & Pettit, Conroe, for Respondent.

Justice Hankinson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Following the death of C.S.C.'s mother, Charles Sherry filed a suit affecting the parent-child relationship (SAPCR) in an attempt to establish his paternity and acquire managing conservatorship of C.S.C. The trial court dismissed Sherry's paternity claim, see TEX. FAM.CODE § 160.007(a)(1), and ruled that because Sherry did not meet the requirements of Texas Family Code § 102.003, he did not have...

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