Court Opinion

ID: 9811463
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 22:21:27.658354+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:14:47.029228
License: Public Domain

*836SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice,
dissenting.
To be non-frivolous, an appeal must present an arguable basis for finding reversible error. See De La Vega v. Taco Cabana, Inc., 974 S.W.2d 152, 154 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 1998, order). The wrongful denial of a jury trial is reversible error only if “the case contains material fact questions.” Mercedes-Benz Credit Corp. v. Rhyne, 925 S.W.2d 664, 667 (Tex.1996). Appellant does not argue, and the record does not reflect, that this case contains a material fact question. Indeed, the record cannot possibly contain a material fact question since appellant does not even argue the trial court erred in finding grounds for termination and that termination would be in the children’s best interest. Because the trial court’s unchallenged findings establish both the grounds for termination and that termination is in the children’s best interest, appellant’s argument that the trial court erred in denying her a jury trial is necessarily frivolous. I therefore dissent to the majority’s order to the contrary.