In re Jaden Alexandra Riley

Summary

The Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, denied a petition for writ of mandamus challenging the probate court’s alleged failure to rule on an accommodation request and several motions. The court concluded that the matters had not been pending for an unreasonable period and that the relator had not shown entitlement to mandamus relief concerning notices of lis pendens or property-related rulings; it dismissed the pending motions as moot.

Holdings

1. Relator was not entitled to mandamus relief because the record did not show that the accommodation request or motions had been pending for an unreasonable length of time.
2. Relator did not establish entitlement to mandamus relief prohibiting the probate judge from issuing a ruling dispositive of property rights or title interests.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the probate court abused its discretion by failing to rule on Relator's accommodation request and pending motions within a reasonable time.
2. Whether mandamus relief should require the probate judge to refrain from issuing a ruling dispositive of property rights or title interests.
3. Whether Relator was entitled to other extraordinary relief concerning the motion to expunge notices of lis pendens.

Disposition

writ_denied