Before QUINN, C.J., and REAVIS and HANCOCK, JJ.

Pending before the Court is a petition for writ of mandamus filed by Ann Nelson Parker Valladolid, relator, and a motion for emergency stay presented pursuant to Rule 52.10 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. By her motion, Valladolid requests that all proceedings in the trial court in Cause No. 1114P, In Re The Estate of Dorothy Nelson, Deceased, and the companion case, Cause No. 4253H, In Re the Estate of Claude Nelson, Deceased, both from the 69^th Judicial District Court of Hartley County, Texas, be stayed pending the consideration of her April 28, 2006 petition for writ of mandamus.

Concluding that the motion for an emergency stay should be granted pending this Court's action on the petition for writ of mandamus, it is ordered that all proceedings in the trial court in the cause of In Re The Estate of Dorothy Nelson, Deceased, Cause No. 1114P and the companion case of In Re the Estate of Claude Nelson, Deceased, Cause No. 4253H, both from the 69^th Judicial District Court of Hartley County, Texas, is stayed, subject to further order of this Court.

Counsel for real party in interest, Greg Parker, is requested to file a response to the petition for writ of mandamus pursuant to Rule 52.4 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure on or before May 20, 2006.

It is so ordered.

Per Curiam