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IN RE MATA

No. 03-06-00374-CV.

212 S.W.3d 597 (2006)

In re Melissa MATA.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled August 18, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leigh Ann Fouts, Lubbock, for Relator.

Isaac M. Castro, Hamlin, Mark Marshall, Brady, for Real Party In Interest.

Before Chief Justice LAW, Justices B.A. SMITH and PURYEAR.

OPINION

DAVID PURYEAR, Justice.

This case presents a cautionary tale illustrating the dangers of private, informal adoptions in which the legal procedures set out in the family code are not followed, leaving both natural parents and would-be adoptive parents open to possible heartache. A private adoption such as this one, while a joyous possibility, can be fraught with risks for everyone involved. The birth mother is faced with the need to make the...

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