in Re: Samantha Diann Sanford

DENY and Opinion Filed December 30, 2021

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Court of Appeals

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

No. 05-21-01128-CV

IN RE SAMANTHA DIANN SANFORD, Relator

Original Proceeding from the 302nd Judicial District Court

Dallas County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. DF-20-18505

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Justices Myers, Partida-Kipness, and Carlyle Opinion by Justice Partida-Kipness

Before the Court is relator’s December 21, 2021 petition for writ of mandamus in which she challenges the associate judge’s rulings (1) granting the intervenor temporary sole managing conservatorship of the child, and (2) denying relator’s objections to intervenor’s standing.

Entitlement to mandamus relief requires relator to show that the trial court clearly abused its discretion and that she lacks an adequate appellate remedy. In re Prudential Ins. Co., 148 S.W.3d 124, 135–36 (Tex. 2004) (orig. proceeding). Relator bears the burden of demonstrating her entitlement to mandamus relief, which includes providing this Court with a record sufficient to make that showing. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3(k)(1)(A), 52.7(a)(1). We conclude that relator has failed to meet this burden. Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a).

/Robbie Partida-Kipness/ ROBBIE PARTIDA-KIPNESS JUSTICE

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