Summary
The Sixth Court of Appeals of Texas denied Jeffrey Don Brock’s petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to compel the Harrison County Court at Law to rule on his motion to compel an estate accounting. The court concluded that Brock filed the petition before the accounting deadline he had requested and failed to establish that the trial court had improperly failed to rule on later complaints concerning the accounting.
Court
Court of Appeals of Texas, Sixth Appellate District at Texarkana
Jurisdiction
Court of Appeals of Texas, Sixth Appellate District at Texarkana
Decision date
April 27, 2026
Docket number
06-26-00029-CV
Disposition
writ_denied
Questions Presented
- Whether Brock was entitled to mandamus relief compelling the trial court to rule on his motion to compel an estate accounting when he filed the petition before the deadline for production stated in his own demand.
- Whether Brock established entitlement to mandamus relief based on alleged deficiencies in the accounting filed after the mandamus petition, where he did not show that those complaints were included in his motion to compel or that he requested a ruling on them.
Holdings
- Mandamus relief was unavailable because, when Brock filed his petition, the accounting was not yet due under the deadline stated in his own demand; therefore, he had not shown entitlement to the requested extraordinary writ.
- Brock did not establish entitlement to mandamus relief based on his post-receipt complaints because he did not develop a record showing that those complaints fell within his motion to compel or that he requested the trial court to rule on them.
Court Document
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