# in the Interest of S.N., a Child

> Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco) · September 17, 2008 · 272 S.W.3d 45

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9811756

## Case

- **Full name:** In the Interest of S.N., a Child
- **Court:** Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
- **Decided:** September 17, 2008
- **Citations:** 272 S.W.3d 45; 2008 Tex. App. LEXIS 7020
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Gray
- **Judges:** Gray, Vance, Reyna
- **Cited by:** 163 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that “[e]vidence of illegal drug use or alcohol abuse by a parent is often cited as conduct which will support an affirmative finding that the parent has engaged in a course of conduct which has the effect of endangering the child.”
- stating that a parent’s history of substance abuse and an inability or unwillingness to admit to having such a problem can support an endangerment finding
- noting that, “to mount a successful challenge on appeal based on evidentiary insufficiency, a party must challenge each affirmative finding of a predicate ground for termination or at minimum challenge the best interest finding”
- stating that a parent’s illegal drug use is relevant to determining present and future risk to a child’s physical and emotional well-being
- stating that evidence of illegal drug use or alcohol abuse by parent will support endangering-conduct finding

## Opinion text

Chief Justice GRAY
concurs in the judgment only to the extent it affirms the trial court’s order that terminated the parental rights. A separate opinion will not issue.

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