recorded in the journal of the governing body’s proceedings; (2) a copy of the record of the proceedings must be signed by the mayor; (3) a copy of the record of the proceedings must be attested by the municipality’s clerk or secretary under the corporate seal; and (4) a copy of the record of the proceedings must be filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the municipality is located. The governing body of a type B general-law municipality consists of five aldermen. Tex. Loc.Gov’t Code Ann. § 23.021 (Vernon 1988). To meet the two-thirds requirement, four of the five aldermen must vote to make the change at a regular meeting. Etheridge, 32 S.W.2d at 830 (co 8 (Tex.Civ.App.—Fort Worth 1956, no writ); City of West Lake Hills, 466 S.W.2d at 728 (Tex.1971) (<HOLDING>). Here, there were only three aldermen present
holding that although samesex partner may have been able to prove her status as a de facto parent such status was not sufficient to establish parental rights to custody and visitation over the objection of the biological mother holding that de facto type a status was achieved where the only violation of the statute was the failure to file the ordinance with the county clerk holding that 16 years justifies de facto status holding that a de facto parents rights do not infringe on the fundamental liberty interests of the other legal parent in a family unit because de facto status can be achieved only through the active encouragement of the biological or adoptive parent by affirmatively establishing a family unit with the de facto parent and child or children that accompany the family holding de facto custodian status does not remove the presumption in favor of natural parents obtaining or retaining custody of their children