Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

You may have a problem with STANDING; I'd need to know more about the specifics of your situation. You need to read a recent Supreme court case called Troxel vs. Granville (530 U.S. 57), and this section of the Texas Family Code:

� 102.003. GENERAL STANDING TO FILE SUIT. (a) An

original suit may be filed at any time by:

(1) a parent of the child;

(2) the child through a representative authorized by

the court;

(3) a custodian or person having the right of

visitation with or access to the child appointed by an order of a

court of another state or country;

(4) a guardian of the person or of the estate of the

child;

(5) a governmental entity;

(6) an authorized agency;

(7) a licensed child placing agency;

(8) a man alleging himself to be the father of a child

filing in accordance with Chapter 160, subject to the limitations

of that chapter, but not otherwise;

(9) a person, other than a foster parent, who has had

actual care, control, and possession of the child for at least six

months ending not more than 90 days preceding the date of the filing

of the petition;

(10) a person designated as the managing conservator

in a revoked or unrevoked affidavit of relinquishment under Chapter

161 or to whom consent to adoption has been given in writing under

Chapter 162;

(11) a person with whom the child and the child's

guardian, managing conservator, or parent have resided for at least

six months ending not more than 90 days preceding the date of the

filing of the petition if the child's guardian, managing

conservator, or parent is deceased at the time of the filing of the

petition;

(12) a person who is the foster parent of a child

placed by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services in

the person's home for at least 12 months ending not more than 90

days preceding the date of the filing of the petition;

(13) a person who is a relative of the child within the

third degree by consanguinity, as determined by Chapter 573,

Government Code, if the child's parents are deceased at the time of

the filing of the petition; or

(14) a person who has been named as a prospective

adoptive parent of a child by a pregnant woman or the parent of the

child, in a verified written statement to confer standing executed

under Section 102.0035, regardless of whether the child has been

born.