BRINES v. McILHANEY

No. B-8969.

596 S.W.2d 519 (1980)

Judy Lynn BRINES, Relator, v. Hon. Grainger W. McILHANEY, Judge et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

March 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lovell, Lyle, Renfer & Moore, Kyle R. Lewis, Dumas, for relator.

Waters, Holt, Fields & Waters, Kenneth W. Fields, Mark N. Buzzard, Pampa, for respondents.


GARWOOD, Justice.

This is an original mandamus proceeding seeking transfer of motions to designate managing conservatorship of a child to the county of the child's residence. The issues presented are whether the provision of the decree of divorce appointing the child's mother "temporary" managing conservator and the divorce decree itself were final. Our holding is that both were final, and we accordingly have conditionally granted the writ.

Robert Claude and...

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