Opinion
No. 04-20-00576-CV
12-10-2020
In re Lucas Jeffrey BURWITZ
This proceeding arises out of Cause No. 2010-EM5-02653, styled In the Interest of M.I.J.B., a Child, pending in the 408th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas, the Honorable Mary Lou Alvarez, presiding.
ORDER
Sitting: Rebeca C. Martinez, Justice, dissenting Luz Elena Chapa, Justice Irene Rios, Justice
On November 30, 2020, relator filed a petition for a writ of mandamus. We conditionally grant the petition for a writ of mandamus in part. We order the Honorable Mary Lou Alvarez to, by 10:00 a.m. on December 11, 2020, vacate the oral order rendered November 17, 2020 that requires amicus attorney Patricia DeVeau to prepare a written report to be admissible at trial that summarizes her work, impressions, observations and recommendations, e-file the report, and circulate it to all of the attorneys and litigants. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(c). The writ will issue only in the event we are informed Judge Alvarez has failed to comply with this order. All other relief requested in the petition is denied. The court's opinion will follow.
It is so ORDERED on December 10, 2020.
PER CURIAM
ATTESTED TO: /s/_________
Michael A. Cruz,
Clerk of Court