IN RE HOOD

No. 01-03-00155-CV.

113 S.W.3d 525 (2003)

In re Wesley Spencer HOOD, Relator.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

July 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shawn Casey, Shawn Casey & Associates, Houston, TX, for Relator.

Terisa G. Taylor, Houston, Bruce A. Baughman, Baytown, TX, for Real Party In Interest.

Panel consists of Justices TIM TAFT, KEYES, and HIGLEY.


OPINION

TIM TAFT, Justice.

In this mandamus proceeding, we must decide if death-penalty sanctions are appropriate in a child-custody proceeding. We hold they are not.

Facts

Relator, Wesley Spencer Hood, and the real party in interest, Elaine Ann Hoag, are divorced.1 In 1999, the district court modified the child-custody provisions of the divorce decree, naming both Hood and Hoag as joint managing conservators...

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