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IN RE SHOCKLEY

No. 08-02-00082-CV.

123 S.W.3d 642 (2003)

In the Interest of Regan Nicole SHOCKLEY, a Minor Child.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

November 20, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terri Harris Motl, San Angelo, for appellant Monica Delphia Smith.

Thomas M. Goff, San Angelo, for appellant Damin Lee Guthrie.

Gayle Shackelford, Smith, Shackelford & Devine, Midland, for appellee Kevin Shockley.

Before Panel No. 2 BARAJAS, C.J., McCLURE, and CHEW, JJ.

OPINION

ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.

We address today the legal complexities and competing public policies which arise between a biological father and a psychological daddy. Monica Smith, the mother of Regan Shockley, and Damin Guthrie, the biological father, appeal the trial court's order establishing a parent-child relationship between Regan and Kevin Shockley and appointing Kevin as the sole managing conservator. For the reasons that follow,...

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