{"id":269,"date":"2016-07-15T13:03:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T18:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=269"},"modified":"2016-07-15T13:03:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T18:03:54","slug":"parents-agreement-terminate-mothers-rights-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/parents-agreement-terminate-mothers-rights-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents’ Agreement to Terminate a Mother’s Rights in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/em>In the\u00a02016 Texas case In re Morris<\/em>,\u00a0an appellate court considered a father’s request for a writ of mandamus after the mother and he agreed\u00a0to the rendition of an order terminating the mother-child relationship. The adjudicated father of the child asked the appellate court to compel the lower court to vacate its order, which refused to render judgment in accord with the parents’ agreement to terminate the parent-child relationship between the mother and the child. He also wanted the court to render judgment according to their mediated settlement agreement.<\/p>\n

In 2004, the trial court named the father and mother of a child the joint managing conservators of the child. In 2014, the child’s mother signed an affidavit voluntarily relinquishing her parental rights. She claimed that the termination of her relationship with the child was in the child’s best interests, but she didn’t provide facts in support. The mother didn’t expressly state she relinquished her parental rights.<\/p>\n

In 2015, the child’s father filed a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship between the mother and child on the grounds that the mother had executed an irrevocable affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights and that termination was in the child’s best interests.<\/p>\n

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In the\u00a02016 Texas case In re Morris,\u00a0an appellate court considered a father’s request for a writ of mandamus after the mother and he agreed\u00a0to the rendition of an order terminating the mother-child relationship. 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