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IN RE D.R.L.M.

No. 2-01-323-CV.

84 S.W.3d 281 (2002)

In the Interest of D.R.L.M.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Overruled August 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Georganna L. Simpson, Dallas, Sondrea J. King, Fort Worth, for Appellants.

Tim Curry, Crim. D.A., Charles M. Mallin, Asst. Crim. D.A. and Chief of the Appellate Division, and Anne E. Swenson, David M. Curl, Clifford Bronson, and James C. Teel, Asst. Crim. D.A.s, Fort Worth, Kelly Swanda, and Dean Swanda, Arlington, for Appellees.

PANEL A: DAUPHINOT, GARDNER, and WALKER, JJ.

OPINION

SUE WALKER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION.

In this case, we decide two primary issues. We address the appropriate standard to be applied by the trial court in deciding whether to place half-sisters who have never lived together in the same adoptive home and whether the trial court's refusal to place a child with the persons named in a mother's voluntary affidavit of relinquishment affects the voluntariness of the affidavit. See...

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