in Re Dustin Estep

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 10, 2023
• Docket: 13-23-00006-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-23-00006-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

IN RE DUSTIN ESTEP

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.

ORDER

Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Longoria and Silva Order Per Curiam

On January 6, 2023, relator Dustin Estep filed a petition for writ of mandamus

contending that the trial court abused its discretion by issuing temporary orders in the

underlying suit affecting the parent-child relationship. Relator subsequently filed an

emergency motion for immediate temporary relief.

The Court, having examined and fully considered the emergency motion for

immediate temporary relief, is of the opinion that it should be granted. Accordingly, we

grant the emergency motion for immediate temporary relief, and we order the January 4, 2023 temporary orders to be stayed pending the resolution of this original proceeding.

See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.10. We request the real parties in interest, Briana Nicole Lewis,

Carl Raymond Lewis, and Maria Dolores Lewis, or any others whose interest would be

directly affected by the relief sought, such as Aida A. Montanaro, the amicus attorney for

minor child A.F.L., or the Office of the Attorney General, to file a response to the petition

for writ of mandamus on or before the expiration of ten days from the date of this order.

See id. R. 52.2, 52.4, 52.8.

PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed on the 10th day of January, 2023.