in Re Amanda Lynn Shaw

Petition for Writ of Mandamus Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed November 16, 2017.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

NO. 14-17-00871-CV

IN RE AMANDA LYNN SHAW, Relator

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

WRIT OF MANDAMUS

308th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 2016-63844

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On November 2, 2017, relator Amanda Lynn Shaw filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221 (West Supp. 2017); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this court to compel the Honorable Michael Sydow, Jr., associate judge of the 308th District Court of Harris County, to set aside his October 16, 2017 interim orders pending resumption of the emergency temporary orders hearing.

Effective September 1, 2017, the Texas Legislature expanded the courts of appeals’ mandamus jurisdiction to include associate judges by amending Section 22.221(b)(3) of the Texas Government Code.1 However, the amendment applies only to “a suit filed under Chapter 45, Title 1, Title 4, or Title 5, Family Code, on or after the effective date of this Act.”2 The underlying suit was filed on September 21, 2016, before the September 1, 2017 effective date of the amendment. Therefore, we have no jurisdiction over the associate judge in this mandamus proceeding.3 Accordingly, we dismiss relator’s petition for lack of jurisdiction.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Boyce, Jamison, and Brown.