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· 5/8/1997

In the Interest of B.R.

Citations

  • 950 S.W.2d 113
  • 1997 Tex. App. LEXIS 2561
  • 1997 WL 236306

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  • holding violent conduct directed at the other parent may be sufficient to demonstrate course of conduct under Subsection E
  • determining it incongruous to require trial courts to require an enhanced burden of proof while appellate courts applied the same appellate review accorded to preponderance-of-the-evidence issues
  • determining it incongruous to require trial courts to require an enhanced burden of proof while appellate courts applied the same appellate review accorded to prepon-deranee-of-the-evidence issues
  • “E vidence of a parent’s imprisonment may contribute to a finding that the parent engaged in a course of conduct which endangered a child’s physical or emotional well-being.”
  • proof of endangerment does not require actual injury, rather \it is sufficient that the child's well-being be jeopardized or exposed to loss or injury\ and such jeopardy or exposure may be inferred from the parent's misconduct
  • proof of endangerment does not require actual injury, rather “it is sufficient that the child’s well-being be jeopardized or exposed to loss or injury” and such jeopardy or exposure may be inferred from the parent’s misconduct

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Judges: Larsen, McClure, Chew

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