in Re Shelly Lanum

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 14, 2012
• Docket: 14-12-00502-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed August 14, 2012.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

NO. 14-12-00502-CV

IN RE SHELLY LANUM, Relator

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF MANDAMUS 315th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2011-07959J

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On May 31, 2012, relator Shelly Lanum,1 the mother of J.W.B., a child, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §22.221 (Vernon 2004); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this court to compel the Honorable Michael H. Schneider, presiding judge of the 315th District Court of Harris

1 Relator styled her petition, “In re J.W.B.” The real party in interest argues that relator does not have standing to bring this proceeding on behalf of the child. In a petition for writ of mandamus, however, the party seeking relief is the relator. Tex. R. App. P. 52.2. The proper style, therefore, is In re Shelly Lanum. County to vacate temporary orders granting sole managing conservatorship of J.W.B. to the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relator has failed to establish entitlement to the extraordinary relief of a writ of mandamus. Accordingly, we deny relator’s petition for writ of mandamus.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Frost, Jamison, and McCally.