Opinion

S.H.R. v. Department of Family and Protective Services

Court
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Filed
Jun 14, 2012
Status
Published
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 42.2%

The opinion

Opinion issued June 14,

2012

In The

Court of

Appeals

For The

First District

of Texas

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NO. 01-10-00999-CV

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S.H.R. ,

Appellant

V.

Department of Family and

Protective Services , Appellee

On Appeal from the 314th District

Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Case No. 200903028J

SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION ON REHEARING

DFPS filed a motion for rehearing in

which it contends that this Court should not have reversed the portion of the final

order of termination affecting the appointment of DFPS as sole managing

conservator of the children. DFPS

requested conservatorship pursuant to Family Code section 153.131, and the

trial court made the specific findings in its final order. Tex.

Fam. Code Ann. § 153.131

(West 2008); see also In re J.A.J. , 243 S.W.3d 611, 615 (Tex.

2007). Appellant concedes on rehearing

that he did not independently challenge the portion of the order concerning

conservatorship, and appellant does not oppose the motion for rehearing. See

In re J.A.J. , 243

S.W.3d at 616–17 .

Accordingly, we grant the

motion, rehear the case, set aside our April 20, 2012 judgment, and render

judgment reversing the portion of the trial court’s final order of termination

affecting appellant’s parental rights and remanding the case to the trial court

for further proceedings.

If a new trial is held, the Court instructs the trial court to commence

trial no later than 180 days after the mandate is issued. See

Tex. R. App. P. 28.4(c). As this is an unopposed motion for rehearing,

we instruct the Clerk to issue the mandate with our new judgment. See Tex. R. App. P. 18.6.

Our opinions issued on April 20, 2012 remain unchanged.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Jennings, Sharp,

and Brown.

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