In Re T.B. v. the State of Texas

Opinion

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth No. 02-24-00014-CV

IN RE T.B., Relator § Original Proceeding

§ 16th District Court of Denton County, Texas

§ Trial Court No. 22-4175-16

§ March 7, 2024

§ Memorandum Opinion by Justice Walker

JUDGMENT

This court has considered relator’s petition for writ of mandamus and holds

that the petition should be conditionally granted. Accordingly, we conditionally grant

the writ of mandamus and direct the trial court to vacate its Order to Mediate in cause

number 22-4175-16 and to notify this court in writing, within twenty days of the date

of this order, that it has taken action consistent with our opinion. A writ of

mandamus shall issue only in the event the trial court fails to comply. The temporary

stay that this court issued on January 16, 2024, is ordered lifted upon the trial court’s

compliance with this court’s order. It is further ordered that all parties shall bear their own costs of this

proceeding, for which let execution issue.

SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS

By /s/ Brian Walker Justice Brian Walker