Opinion
01-24-00645-CV
09-12-2024
IN RE HOLLIE SPYKER, Relator
Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus
Panel consists of Chief Justice Adams and Justices Goodman and Guerra.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PER CURIAM
Relator, Hollie Spyker, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus asserting that the trial court abused its discretion by (1) "failing to follow the . . . [m]andate" of this Court "to only consider conservatorship of [A.B.S., a minor child] after the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services . . . dropped [its cause of action for] the termination of parental rights" and (2) "by erroneously denying [r]elator's Motion to Strike Pleadings after the Attorney Ad Litem and Kinship Relatives filed late pleadings." Relator's mandamus petition requests that this Court issue a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to "follow the mandate" of this Court and to "vacate its order denying [r]elator's Motion to Strike Pleadings."
The underlying case is In the Interest of A.B.A. a/k/a A.B.S., a Child, Cause No. 2022-00726J, in the 319th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Natalia Cokinos Oakes presiding.
After relator's parental rights were terminated by the trial court, she appealed, and this Court reversed the trial court's Decree for Termination and remanded the case to the trial court for further proceedings. See In the Interest of A.B.A. a/k/a A.B.S., a Child, No. 01-23-00548-CV, 2023 WL 8814210, at *1 (Tex. App.-Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 21, 2023, no pet.) (mem. op.).
We deny relator's petition for writ of mandamus. We dismiss any pending motions as moot.