Court of Appeals of Texas July 11, 2001, No. 10-00-124-CV (In the Interest of A.V.)

lead-opinion

OPINION

VANCE, Justice.

From 1983 to 1993, Appellant Pablo Puig, a Cuban native who came to America in 1980, lived with Becky Vela. Pablo sold used cars and also worked as an automobile mechanic, and Becky ran a video store they owned. They have two sons: A.V. born February 5, 1986, and J.V. born March 3, 1988. J.V. has severe mental retardation with an I.Q. of about forty.