IN RE J.L.

No. 04-0307.

163 S.W.3d 79 (2005)

In the Interest of J.L., a Child.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided April 8, 2005.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Healey Jr., Dist. Atty., David Christopher Newell, Catherine Lisa Fisher, Fort Bend County Asst. Dist. Attys., Richmond, Fred M. Felcman, Rosenberg, for the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.

Samuel Leon Childs, Houston, for J.L.

R.S. (Steve) Monks, Stephen A. Doggett, Richmond, for Betty Chavez.

Teana Viltz Watson, Sugar Land, for Chris Edwards.

Pat King, Richmond, pro se.


Justice MEDINA delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this termination-of-parental-rights case, we decide three issues: (1) whether the notice of appeal was timely filed within 20 days of the date of the modified final judgment; (2) whether the court of appeals erred in taking judicial notice of expert testimony that was not presented in the trial court; and (3) whether the evidence was legally sufficient to support the jury's finding that parental rights should be...

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