C.S.F. v. TEXAS DEPT. OF FAMILY SERVCS.

No. 15-0546.

505 S.W.3d 618 (2016)

C.S.F., Petitioner, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: April 1, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.S.F., pro se.

Michael Scott Taliaferro , District Attorneys Office, Trevor Allen Woodruff , Texas Department of Family Protection Services, Austin TX, for Respondent.


ORDER

This Court abated this case to consider whether petitioner C.S.F., a pro se indigent parent in a government-initiated parental rights termination suit, has a statutory right to appointed counsel to pursue a petition for review. These proceedings began with a report made after the child, then thirteen, was hospitalized with mental health issues. The Department of Family and Protective Services eventually placed the child in a residential treatment facility...

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