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* ''Holick v. Smith'', 685 S.W.2d 18, [https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=921242224883553191#p20 20] (Tex. 1985) (citations omitted) ("This natural parental right has been characterized as 'essential,' 'a basic civil right of man,' and 'far more precious than property rights.' A termination decree is complete, final, irrevocable and divests for all time that natural right as well as all legal rights, privileges, duties and powers . . . . Moreover, the evidence in support of termination must be clear and convincing before a court may involuntarily terminate a parent's rights. Consequently, termination proceedings should be strictly scrutinized, and involuntary termination statutes are strictly construed in favor of the parent.")
* ''Holick v. Smith'', 685 S.W.2d 18, [https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=921242224883553191#p20 20] (Tex. 1985) (citations omitted) ("This natural parental right has been characterized as 'essential,' 'a basic civil right of man,' and 'far more precious than property rights.' A termination decree is complete, final, irrevocable and divests for all time that natural right as well as all legal rights, privileges, duties and powers . . . . Moreover, the evidence in support of termination must be clear and convincing before a court may involuntarily terminate a parent's rights. Consequently, termination proceedings should be strictly scrutinized, and involuntary termination statutes are strictly construed in favor of the parent.")


* ''Byrne v. Love'', 14 Tex. 81, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/014_Tex_81.pdf#page=10 91] (1855) ("There is no a and afather doubt guardian, especially control, nature, as inthe guardian authority has by veryample
* ''Byrne v. Love'', 14 Tex. 81, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/014_Tex_81.pdf#page=10 91-92] (1855) ("There is no doubt a guardian, and especially a father acting as guardian by nature, has very ample authority in the control, management, rearing and education of his children; that he may lease their lands until his death or until they arrive at the age of majority; that he may place them for years under the superintendence and control of others, and where such act is not so injurious to the infant as to require the interposition of the Court, it cannot be disputed, either by the infant or by others. All this he may do in perfect consistency with his right of guardianship, and his ultimate liability for the proceeds of the minor's property. But this is very different from an absolute transfer of his right of guardianship, and all control over the person and estate of the minor.")
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|seo_title=Article I, Section 37 of the Texas Constitution ("Rights and Responsibilities of Parents")
|seo_title=Article I, Section 37 of the Texas Constitution ("Rights and Responsibilities of Parents")
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