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IN RE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEX.

No. 05-08-01455-CV.

272 S.W.3d 773 (2008)

In re the OFFICE OF the ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS, Relator.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

December 3, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Becker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Rande Herrell, John B. Worley, Child Support Div., Austin, for relator.

Robertson Ishe, Lancaster, for real party in interest.

Before Justices WHITTINGTON, FITZGERALD, and LANG-MIERS.

OPINION

Opinion by Justice LANG-MIERS.

This is an original mandamus proceeding. Relator contends the trial judge abused her discretion by affirming the associate judge's order for genetic testing to determine paternity of a child with an acknowledged father when the acknowledgment of paternity has been on file with the Bureau of Vital Statistics for more than four years. We conclude the trial judge abused her discretion and conditionally grant mandamus relief...

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