Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2024

In Re Amara Makenzie Williams v. the State of Texas

In Re Amara Makenzie Williams v. the State of Texas
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided December 3, 2024

In Re Amara Makenzie Williams v. the State of Texas

Opinion

Opinion issued December 3, 2024

In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-24-00812-CV ——————————— IN RE AMARA MAKENZIE WILLIAMS, Relator

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator Amara Makenzie Williams filed a petition for writ of mandamus asserting the trial court erred and requesting this Court to, among other things, “render a judgment that . . . Texas lacks subject matter jurisdiction to hear the original child custody proceeding[] [and] Colorado is a more convenient forum to hear the parties’ dispute.”1 We deny the petition for writ of mandamus.2 TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a). Any pending motions are dismissed as moot.

PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Kelly, Landau, and Rivas-Molloy.

The underlying case is In the Interest of M.S.W.T., a Child, Cause No. 24-DCV- 315412, pending in the 328th District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas, the Honorable Monica Rawlins presiding.

The Court denied Relator’s Motion for Emergency Stay of Trial Court Proceedings on October 29, 2024.

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