Marywood v. Vela
This text of 53 S.W.3d 684 (Marywood v. Vela) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Texas Supreme Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Petitioner’s motion for rehearing is denied, the per curiam opinion issued in this case on May 3, 2001, is withdrawn, and the following per curiam opinion is issued in its place.
Marywood, a child-placement agency, petitions for review of the court of appeals’ judgment that a birth mother, Corina Vela, had not voluntarily relinquished her parental rights before adoption procedures. 17 S.W.3d 750. This case presents the question of whether a birth mother can revoke her voluntary relinquishment of parental rights solely because the adoption agency failed to advise her of the legal effect of an open adoption agreement. See Tex. Fam. Code § 161.211.
After the court of appeals issued its opinion, the adoptive couple with whom Marywood had placed the child voluntarily relinquished custody and returned the child to Vela. We deny the petition for review.
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53 S.W.3d 684, 44 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 1081, 2001 Tex. LEXIS 79, 2001 WL 950255, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/marywood-v-vela-tex-2001.