161.002(b) is not subject to collateral or direct attack after the sixth month after the date the order was signed. (b) Notwithstanding Rule 329, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the validity of an order terminating the parental rights of a person who is served by citation by publication is not subject to collateral or direct attack after the sixth month after the date the order was signed. (c) A direct or collateral attack on an order terminating parental rights based on an unrevoked affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights or affidavit of waiver of interest in a child is limited to issues relating to fraud, duress, or coercion in the execution of the affidavit. Tex. Fam Code Ann. § 161.211. 7 . Cf. In re Cochran, 151 S.W.3d 275, 279-81 (Tex.App.-Texarkana 2004, orig. proceeding) (<HOLDING>). 8 . Scott and Rebecca both expressed a
recognizing that because the state has cognizable interests in the safety of children in its jurisdiction neglectful parents may be separated from their children holding there was not probable cause to arrest parents for child abuse even though the facts weakly supported an inference that the children were being neglected because the officer failed to question the parents medical personnel or other caretakers which would have provided information that the children were not being neglected holding that it is in the interest of both parents and children that parents have ultimate authority to make medical decisions for their children unless neutral fact finder determines through due process hearing that parent is not acting in childs best interests holding that evidence at 14day hearing was insufficient for trial court to deny parents possession of newborn despite prior terminations of mothers nine other children and fathers three other children because parents most recent conduct occurred 14 months before newborns birth and there was no evidence that current conditions were a danger to newborns health or safety recognizing fundamental right of parents to care for their children