Supreme Court of Texas

A petition for writ of mandamus challenging a trial court's award to step-grandfather of access to grandchildren under the grandparent access statute is granted where the award was an abuse of discretion because the step-grandfather is neither a biological nor an adoptive grandparent, and the grandmother did not overcome the statutory presumption favoring the children's father.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/23/2007
• Published 03/23/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas M. Michel, Griffith, Jay, Michel & Moore, L.L.P., Fort Worth, David K. Phillips, Wichita Falls, and Lorri Michel, Michel Law Firm, P.C., Austin, for Relator., Richard R. Orsinger, McCurley, Orsinger, McCurley, Nelson & Downing L.L.P., San Antonio, Randall Scott Downing and Brad M. LaMorgese, McCurley, Orsinger, McCurley, Nelson & Downing, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Real Party in Interest.