IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS

No. 04-1040

IN RE KAREN MAYS-HOOPER

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus

ORDERED:

1. Relator's emergency motion for emergency relief, filed November 18, 2004, is granted. The order dated September 21, 2004, in Cause No. 322- 299612-00, styled In The Interest of Joe Edward Hooper, a child, in the 322nd District Court of Tarrant County, Texas, is stayed pending further order of this Court.

2. The real parties in interest are requested to respond to relator's petition for writ of mandamus no later than 3:00 p.m., November 29, 2004.

Done at the City of Austin, this 19th day November 19, 2004. [pic] Andrew Weber, Clerk Supreme Court of Texas

By Nancy J. Vega, Chief Deputy Clerk