to a prison unit for SAFP. He was released again in January 2002 to the halfway house and rearrested in April for violating his probation. He stated he would be eligible for parole in about six months. He testified he has been attending Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous in prison, but his parenting classes had not begun yet. He denied ever stating that he would give up his parental rights. Arredondo’s mother testified that he told her that a relative was going to take the children. However, she took no steps to find out where the children were. She also knew after December 6, 2001, that CPS was involved but did not contact that agency. Thus, there was ample evidence from which the jury could form a firm convictio vices, 946 S.W.2d 130, 137 (Tex.App.-El Paso 1997, no writ) (<HOLDING>). There was also ample evidence from which a
holding that parents may not voluntarily terminate their rights in a child to avoid child support payments or contract away a child support obligation holding that an outofwedlock childs pending claim for retroactive child support was nondischargeable in bankruptcy because a debt for child support arises upon the birth of the child and that the fact that no court had yet ordered the debtor to support the child does not take the debt outside the scope of 11 usc  523a5 holding the evidence was legally and factually sufficient to support a finding of abandonment when the defendant knew his child was in the hospital but never visited or arranged for anyone to claim the child never voluntarily sought out his children despite the opportunity to do so and the case worker had to search for him holding the record does not show that the statement to the social worker was for medical treatment because the social worker testified that he questioned the child to determine whether he needed to notify child protective services of a case of suspected child abuse holding a social worker treating the child was permitted to testify to statements the child made about the abuse including the victims identification of the perpetrator because the statements were necessary to the treatment of ensuring the continued safety of the child