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· 5/26/2011

in the Interest of M.E.-M.N, Minor Child

Citations

  • 342 S.W.3d 254
  • 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 4107

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that voluntary, deliberate, and conscious course of endangering conduct by parent supports finding under Subsection (E)
  • stating that factfinder may consider whether evidence exists that endangerment of child’s well-being “was the direct result of Appellant’s conduct, including acts, omissions, or failures to act” under Subsection (E)
  • explaining that parent’s mental state may be considered in endangerment determination
  • authorizing courts to “look to parental conduct occurring both before and after the child’s birth” in making endangerment determination
  • “Drug use and its effect on a parent’s ability to parent may establish an endangering course of conduct.”
  • “Drug use and its effect on a parent’s ability to parent may establish an endangering course of conduct.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Gardner, Walker, McCoy

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