Cuellar v. Flores

18 Citing cases

  1. In re O.J.P.

    No. 01-21-00163-CV (Tex. App. Sep. 21, 2021)   Cited 10 times

    The trial court is given wide latitude in determining the best interest of the child. Gillespie v. Gillespie, 644 S.W.2d 449, 451 (Tex. 1982); see also Cuellar v. Flores, 238 S.W.2d 991, 992 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 1951, no writ) (trial court "faces the parties and the witnesses, observes their demeanor and personality, and feels the forces, powers, and influences that cannot be discerned by merely reading the record"). The trial court found, as grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship, that mother knowingly placed, or knowingly allowed O.J.P. to remain, in conditions or surroundings which endangered his physical or emotional well-being; engaged in conduct, or knowingly placed O.J.P. with persons who engaged in conduct, which endangered his physical or emotional well-being; constructively abandoned O.J.P., who had been in the managing conservatorship of DFPS for not less than six months, DFPS made reasonable efforts to return O.J.P. to mother, mother did not regularly visit or maintain significant contact with O.J.P., and mother demonstrated an inability to provide O.J.P. with a safe environment; and failed to comply with the provisions of a court order tha

  2. In re H.M.

    No. 01-24-00396-CV (Tex. App. Nov. 21, 2024)

    Gillespie v. Gillespie, 644 S.W.2d 449, 451 (Tex. 1982); see also Cuellar v. Flores, 238 S.W.2d 991, 992 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 1951, no writ) (trial court "faces the parties and the witnesses, observes their demeanor and personality, and feels the forces, powers, and influences that cannot be discerned by merely reading the record").

  3. In re J.C.D.Y.

    No. 01-23-00713-CV (Tex. App. Mar. 29, 2024)

    Gillespie v. Gillespie, 644 S.W.2d 449, 451 (Tex. 1982); see also Cuellar v. Flores, 238 S.W.2d 991, 992 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 1951, no writ) (trial court "faces the parties and the witnesses, observes their demeanor and personality, and feels the forces, powers, and influences that cannot be discerned by merely reading the record"). C.Analysis

  4. In re N.L.S.

    No. 01-23-00297-CV (Tex. App. Oct. 12, 2023)   Cited 2 times

    Gillespie v. Gillespie, 644 S.W.2d 449, 451 (Tex. 1982); see also Cuellar v. Flores, 238 S.W.2d 991, 992 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 1951, no writ) (trial court "faces the parties and the witnesses, observes their demeanor and personality, and feels the forces, powers, and influences that cannot be discerned by merely reading the record").

  5. In re D.J.G.

    No. 01-22-00870-CV (Tex. App. May. 18, 2023)   Cited 4 times

    Gillespie v. Gillespie, 644 S.W.2d 449, 451 (Tex. 1982); see also Cuellar v. Flores, 238 S.W.2d 991, 992 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 1951, no writ) (trial court "faces the parties and the witnesses, observes their demeanor and personality, and feels the forces, powers, and influences that cannot be discerned by merely reading the record").

  6. In re J.H.

    No. 01-22-00629-CV (Tex. App. Feb. 23, 2023)   Cited 9 times

    Gillespie v. Gillespie, 644 S.W.2d 449, 451 (Tex. 1982); see also Cuellar v. Flores, 238 S.W.2d 991, 992 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 1951, no writ) (trial court "faces the parties and the witnesses, observes their demeanor and personality, and feels the forces, powers, and influences that cannot be discerned by merely reading the record").

  7. In re H.A.

    No. 01-22-00106-CV (Tex. App. Dec. 20, 2022)   Cited 2 times
    Holding father's testimony that family could provide for child "if need be" was insufficient to meet father's burden because father did not present any evidence of an agreement with another to provide care for child on father's behalf

    The trial court is given wide latitude in determining the best interest of the child. Gillespie v. Gillespie, 644 S.W.2d 449, 451 (Tex. 1982); see also Cuellar v. Flores, 238 S.W.2d 991, 992 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 1951, no writ) (trial court "faces the parties and the witnesses, observes their demeanor and personality, and feels the forces, powers, and influences that cannot be discerned by merely reading the record").

  8. In re S.H.

    No. 01-22-00255-CV (Tex. App. Nov. 29, 2022)   Cited 8 times
    Considering positive "home assessment" and condition of placement family's home in holding evidence sufficient to support trial court's best-interest finding

    The trial court is given wide latitude in determining the best interest of the child. Gillespie v. Gillespie, 644 S.W.2d 449, 451 (Tex. 1982); see also Cuellar v. Flores, 238 S.W.2d 991, 992 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 1951, no writ) (trial court "faces the parties and the witnesses, observes their demeanor and personality, and feels the forces, powers, and influences that cannot be discerned by merely reading the record").

  9. In re I.M.

    No. 01-21-00123-CV (Tex. App. Aug. 31, 2021)   Cited 4 times

    The trial court is given wide latitude in determining the best interest of the child. Gillespie v. Gillespie, 644 S.W.2d 449, 451 (Tex. 1982); see also Cuellar v.Flores, 238 S.W.2d 991, 992 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 1951, no writ) (holding that trial court "faces the parties and the witnesses, observes their demeanor and personality, and feels the forces, powers, and influences that cot be discerned by merely reading the record"). (1) Desires of the Child

  10. In re M.A.A.

    NO. 01-20-00709-CV (Tex. App. Mar. 25, 2021)   Cited 28 times
    Considering parent had difficulty maintaining stable employment in analyzing parental abilities and stability of proposed placement for children

    The trial court is given wide latitude in determining the best interest of the children. Gillespie v. Gillespie, 644 S.W.2d 449, 451 (Tex. 1982); see also Cuellar v. Flores, 238 S.W.2d 991, 992 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1951, no writ) (trial court "faces the parties and the witnesses, observes their demeanor and personality, and feels the forces, powers, and influences that cannot be discerned by merely reading the record"). 1. Children's Desires