Summaries of Civil Opinions and Published Criminal Opinions Issued - Week of February 4, 2013

NOTE: Summaries are prepared by the court's staff attorneys and law clerks for public information only and reflect his or her interpretation alone of the facts and legal issues. The summaries are not part of the court's opinion in the case and should not be cited to, quoted, or relied upon as the opinion of the court.

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Roberts v. State, No. 02-11-00500-CV (Feb. 7, 2013) (McCoy, J., joined by Livingston, C.J., and Dauphinot, J.).

Held: The trial court abused its discretion by ordering Appellant, who was found indigent at trial, to pay court-appointed attorney's fees from his inmate trust account absent evidence that his financial circumstances had materially changed, and Appellant's release on parole did not moot this complaint.

In re D.R.J. & T.F.J., No. 02-12-00075-CV (Feb. 7, 2013) (Meier, J., joined by McCoy, J.; Gardner, J., concurs with opinion). [Note: both opinions at the same link]

Held: The evidence is legally and factually sufficient to support the jury's family code subsection 161.001(1)(O) finding.

Concurrence: Although the evidence is legally and factually sufficient to support the jury's family code section 161.001(1)(O) finding, it is sufficient based on conduct of Appellant's mother, not Appellant who was herself a victim.

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