Case Name: In the Interest of C.S.C., a child
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 2000-01-27
Citations: 43 S.W.3d 536
Docket Number: No. 09-98-324-CV
Parties: In the Interest of C.S.C., a child.
Judges: Before WALKER, C.J., and BURGESS and FARRIS , JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 43
Pages: 536–536

Head Matter:
In the Interest of C.S.C., a child.
No. 09-98-324-CV.
Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.
Submitted Dec. 2, 1999.
Decided Jan. 27, 2000.
Rehearing Overruled March 2, 2000.
Publication Ordered May 31, 2001.
John F. Pettit, Conroe, for appellant.
Frank H. Bass, Jr., County Atty., Cecilia Gutierrez, Asst. County Atty., Conroe, for state.
Before WALKER, C.J., and BURGESS and FARRIS , JJ.
. The Honorable David Farris, sitting by assignment pursuant to Tex.Gov't Code Ann. § 74.003(b) (Vernon 1998).

Opinion:
OPINION
DAVID FARRIS, Justice (Assigned).
In his first point of error, the appellant complains that the trial court erred in not granting his request to establish his paternity of the child through a blood test. The appellee responds that appellant's paternity action was barred by the final judgment in an earlier suit determining another to be the child's father. Appellant was not a party to and did not have notice of the earlier suit. We hold that this case is controlled by In the Interest of J.W.T., that appellant has a right protected under Tex. Const, art. I, § 19 (Vernon 1997) that cannot be denied, and that the trial court erred in denying appellant the right to establish his claim of paternity. See In the Interest of J.W.T., 872 S.W.2d 189, 197-98 (Tex.1994). Because we sustain point of error one, we need not address the remaining points of error.
The judgment of the trial court is reversed. The case is remanded to the trial court for further action consistent with this opinion.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.