In re Blevins

After the Department of Family and Protective Services placed two children with Foster Parents, Mother relinquished her parental rights and Father was arrested and deported to Mexico. The trial judge entered an order in a Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship transferring possession of the two children to Father. Foster Parents sought a writ of mandamus directing the trial judge to set aside the order, asserting that the trial court abused its discretion by transferring possession. The Supreme Court abated the proceedings in the Court because the trial judge who signed the order recused from the case. The Court then directed the new trial judge presiding over the case to consider the matters underlying the challenged order and determine whether the order should remain in effect, be modified or be set aside, and then to render its own order accordingly. View "In re Blevins" on Justia Law