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INTEREST OF J.N.

No. 22-0419.

670 S.W.3d 614 (2023)

In the INTEREST OF J.N., L.N., K.N., and M.N., Children.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: June 9, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tomekia Lakiesha Lee-Chaney , for Respondent Newton, John.

John Coleman Creuzot , Dallas, Lanora Pettit , for Respondent The State of Texas.

Atty. Gen. W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Austin, Judd E. Stone II , Brent Webster , Houston, Bill Davis , Austin, Natalie D. Thompson , for Amicus Curiae State of Texas.

Samuel W. Cooper , Houston, Jacob M. Coate , Carter Gantt , Ryan A. Shores , for Petitioner.

Matthew A. Deal , Austin, Michael Moore , Deterrean S. Gamble , Austin, for Respondent THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS.

Cynthia Emesibe , Zachary Stone , Dallas, for Amicus Curiae Texas Advocacy Project, Inc.

Rarely is the right to be heard by a jury in competition with the right to be heard at all. Yet Section 153.009(a) of the Family Code puts this choice to litigants. Under this statute, parents in a divorce or custody proceeding may request either a jury trial or an interview of their children by...

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