Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2014

in Re: Carl William Whitacre

in Re: Carl William Whitacre
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided September 2, 2014

in Re: Carl William Whitacre

Opinion

DENY; and Opinion Filed September 2, 2014.

S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-14-01111-CV IN RE CARL WILLIAM WHITACRE, Relator Original Proceeding from the 302nd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 14-01264-U MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices O'Neill, Lang, and Brown Opinion by Justice O'Neill

Relator filed this petition for writ of mandamus requesting that the Court order the trial court to vacate its verbal order of August 29, 2014 ordering relator to pay one-half of the private school tuition for the child who is the subject of this suit affecting the parent child relationship by 10:00 a.m. on September 2, 2014. The facts and issues are well-known to the parties so we do not recount them here. Ordinarily, to obtain mandamus relief, a relator must show both that the trial court has clearly abused its discretion and that relator has no adequate appellate remedy. In re Prudential Ins. Co., 148 S.W.3d 124, 135–36 (Tex. 2004) (orig. proceeding).

Based on the record before us, we conclude relator has not shown he is entitled to the relief requested. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a); Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833, 839–40 (Tex. 1992) (orig. proceeding). Accordingly, we DENY relator’s petition for writ of mandamus.

/Michael J. O'Neill/ MICHAEL J. O'NEILL JUSTICE

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