{"id":493,"date":"2017-01-10T19:30:51","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T01:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=493"},"modified":"2017-01-10T19:30:51","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T01:30:51","slug":"terminating-parental-rights-based-parents-criminal-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/terminating-parental-rights-based-parents-criminal-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Terminating Parental Rights Based on Parent’s Criminal Conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"

In re Interest of MAS <\/em>concerned the troubling issue of a father who’d been convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child. During the divorce, the mother asked the court to terminate the father’s parental rights to their two small children. The trial court held a hearing and then terminated the father’s parental rights under Ground L of Texas Family Code section 161.001(b)(1).<\/p>\n

The father appealed, admitting he’d been convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a minor but denying criminal responsibility for serious injury or death to a child. The appellate court explained that in order to terminate parental rights, there had to be clear and convincing evidence not only that termination was in the\u00a0child’s best interest but also that the\u00a0parent had fulfilled a statutory ground for termination. Clear and convincing evidence is proof that results in a firm belief about the truth of the allegations.<\/p>\n

Under Ground L, a statutory ground for termination is a conviction for being criminally responsible for a child’s death or serious injury, including aggravated sexual assault. The appellate court explained that the mother had submitted evidence showing that the father had been put on deferred adjudication community supervision for aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14, the State moved to revoke his community supervision based on\u00a0a positive test for marijuana three different times, and there was a\u00a0judgment showing the father’s sentence to six years for sexually assaulting a child who was 12 or 13.<\/p>\n

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In re Interest of MAS concerned the troubling issue of a father who’d been convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child. During the divorce, the mother asked the court to terminate the father’s parental rights to their two small children. The trial court held a hearing and then terminated the father’s parental rights under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parental-rights"],"yoast_head":"\nTerminating Parental Rights Based on Parent's Criminal Conviction — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — January 10, 2017<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In re Interest of MAS concerned the troubling issue of a father who'd been convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child. 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