in Re: Samantha Diann Sanford

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: December 30, 2021
• Docket: 05-21-01128-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

DENY and Opinion Filed December 30, 2021

S In The 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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