Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2019

in Re Meredith Johnson

in Re Meredith Johnson
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided June 18, 2019

in Re Meredith Johnson

Opinion

Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed June 18, 2019.

In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-19-00424-CV

IN RE MEREDITH JOHNSON, Relator

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF MANDAMUS 309th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2017-62105 MEMORANDUM OPINION On May 21, 2019, relator Meredith Johnson filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221 (Supp.); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this court to compel the Honorable Linda Dunston, presiding judge of the 309th District Court of Harris County, to vacate the portion of her May 9, 2019 order denying Meredith’s motion to decline jurisdiction under section 152.207 of the Texas Family Code. To obtain mandamus relief, a relator must show that the trial court clearly abused its discretion. In re Prudential Ins. Co., 148 S.W.3d 124, 135–36 (Tex. 2004) (orig. proceeding); In re Garza, 544 S.W.3d 836, 840 (Tex. 2018) (orig. proceeding) (per curiam). Relator has not shown that the trial court clearly abused its discretion.

We therefore deny relator’s petition for writ of mandamus.

PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Wise, Jewell, and Hassan.

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