IN RE DERZAPF

No. 06-0669.

219 S.W.3d 327 (2007)

In re Ricky DERZAPF, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

March 23, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Michel, Griffith, Jay, Michel & Moore, L.L.P., Fort Worth, David K. Phillips, Wichita Falls, and Lorri Michel, Michel Law Firm, P.C., Austin, for Relator.

Richard R. Orsinger, McCurley, Orsinger, McCurley, Nelson & Downing L.L.P., San Antonio, Randall Scott Downing and Brad M. LaMorgese, McCurley, Orsinger, McCurley, Nelson & Downing, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Real Party in Interest.


PER CURIAM.

In 2005, the Legislature substantially amended the grandparent access statute, codified at Family Code sections 153.432-34. The statute now includes a presumption that a parent acts in his child's best interest, and it permits biological or adoptive grandparents to obtain court-ordered access to a grandchild only if they show that denial of access will "significantly impair the child's physical health or emotional well-being." Id. § 153.433...

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