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GARZA v. FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERV.

No. 03-05-00808-CV.

212 S.W.3d 373 (2006)

Dyana Guillen GARZA, Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

May 19, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erick A. Bovik, Bovik & Meredith, P.C., Austin, for appellant.

Michael C. Shulman, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., San Marcos, for Texas Department of appellee.

Larry O. Rasco, San Marcos, for ad litem.

Before Chief Justice LAW, Justices PATTERSON and PEMBERTON.

OPINION

BOB PEMBERTON, Justice.

In this accelerated appeal, we decide whether, on the record before us, the district court was required to dismiss the underlying suit affecting parental rights for failure to comply with the timing requirements of family code section 263.401. We conclude that it was not, and affirm the district court's judgment of termination.

BACKGROUND

On November 17, 2003, the Department filed a petition to terminate...

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