IN RE J.O.A.

No. 08-0379.

283 S.W.3d 336 (2009)

In the Interest of J.O.A., T.J.A.M., T.J.M., and C.T.M., Children, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided May 1, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trevor Allen Woodruff, Duke Elton Hooten, Michael C. Shulman, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Austin, TX, Larry L. Canada, Regional Attorney, Amarillo, TX, for Petitioner.

John Franklin McDonough III, Attorney at Law, Pampa, TX, Todd L. Alvey, Wheeler, TX, Landon Paul Lambert, Clarendon, TX, for Respondents.

Dale A. Rabe Jr., Bird, Bird & Rabe, Childress, TX, for person interested in case.

Danica Lynn Milios, James C. Ho, Office of the Solicitor General of Texas, Amicus Curiae.


DAVID M. MEDINA, Justice.

The Texas Family Code requires that a statement of points on which a party intends to appeal be presented to the trial court within fifteen days after the signing of a final order terminating parental rights. TEX. FAM.CODE § 263.405(b). The Code further provides that an appellate court is to consider only those issues presented to the trial court in a timely filed statement of points. Id. § 263.405(i). The issue in this parental...

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