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C. M. C. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, No. 01-22-00965-CV · judgment January 9, 2024
Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Question presented
- Did Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment embody Petitioner with the effective assistance of counsel in initial dependency proceeding where appointment of counsel was not appointed, the appointed counsel was not effective through the entire litigation of the proceedings and the District Court permanently and irrevocably terminated her parental rights, adopted her child over the objections of the mother without demonstrating that Petitioner is unfit to care for her child before parental rights were terminated and the State of Texas presenting clear and convincing evidence to support their claim of parental unfitness?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
C. M. C.
For respondent
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Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Aug 21 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Mar 17 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 4, 2025)
- Jan 27 2025Application (24A732) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 17, 2025.
- Jan 04 2025Application (24A732) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 16, 2025 to March 17, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.