Opinion
NO. 14-12-00502-CV
08-14-2012
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, 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 County to vacate temporary orders granting sole managing conservatorship of J.W.B. to the Department of Family and Protective Services.
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.
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.