READY v. HUGHES

No. 10-84-112-CV.

846 S.W.2d 1 (1985)

Gerald READY, et ux, Appellants, v. James Morgan HUGHES, et ux, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1985.

Ordered Published January 8, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Reynolds, Gandy Michener Swindle Whitaker & Pratt, Fort Worth, for appellants.

Charles S. Leeper, Law Office of Leeper & Priddy, Fort Worth, for appellees.

Before McDONALD, C.J., and THOMAS and HALL, JJ.


HALL, Justice.

On appellees' petition, the trial court terminated the parent-child relationship between appellants and their infant daughter and granted adoption of the child by appellees, following a jury trial. We reverse the judgment and order the case dismissed, holding that appellees did not have standing to bring the suit.

The termination decree was based on special issue jury findings "by clear and convincing evidence" that (issues 1 and 5) appellants...

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