IN RE OFFICE OF ATTY. GEN. OF TEXAS

No. 2-06-364-CV.

215 S.W.3d 913 (2007)

In re The OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

January 25, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Becker, Austin, for Relator.

William W. Harris, Fort Worth, for Respondent.

Jim Mintor and Catherine Ann R. Dunnavant, Fort Worth, for Real Party In Interest.

Panel A: DAUPHINOT, GARDNER, and McCOY, JJ.


OPINION

BOB McCOY, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Relator The Office of the Attorney General of Texas seeks mandamus relief from the district court's dismissal, on double jeopardy grounds, of the OAG's appeal of the associate judge's order in a child support enforcement action. We hold that the dismissal was an abuse of discretion because the associate judge's order was not a final order, so the original jeopardy was never terminated. We conditionally...

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