In Re Amara Makenzie Williams v. the State of Texas

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas
DecidedDecember 3, 2024
Docket01-24-00812-CV
StatusPublished

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In Re Amara Makenzie Williams v. the State of Texas, (Tex. Ct. App. 2024).

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.

1 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. 2 The Court denied Relator’s Motion for Emergency Stay of Trial Court Proceedings on October 29, 2024. 2

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