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p ro c e e d i n g , w e w i l lre fe r to a l l p a rti e sb yfi c ti ti o u sn a m e s . SeeTex. R. A pp. P. 9 .8 ; T e x . F a m . C o d e A n n . § 1 0 9 .0 0 2 (d ) (V e rn o n 2 0 0 2 ).



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----- ----- -- Rel at orKat her i ne Kel so has f i l ed a p et i t i on f orw r i tofm and am usas ki ng th i sc o u rt to v a c a te th e tri a l c o u r t ’ s te m p o ra ryo rd e rs(1 ) m a k i n g h e r c h i l d ’s pat er nalgr and par ent s, Rache l and KurtConnor , j oi ntm ana gi ng c ons ervat or s of t he chi l d a l ong w i t h he ran d ( 2) r es t r i cti n g the c hi l d’ s r es i den cet o Hood C o u n t y . B e c a u s e t h e e v id e n c e p r e s e n t e d a t t h e t e m p o r a ry o r d e r sh e a r in g f a ils t o s h o w t h a tt h e C o n n o r s h a d a c t u a l c a r e , c o n t r o l, a n d p o s s e s s io n o f t h e c h ild f o r s ix c o n s e c u t iv e m o n t h s e n d in g n o tm o r e t h a n n in e t yd a y sb e f o r e f ilin g t h e ir2 ... Th e C onn or s nam ed R i char d’ s f at her i n t he sui t , buthe f i l ed a w ai ver

ofservi ce on M ar ch 1 4, 20 08 . H e i s cur r ent l y servi ng i n t he U ni t ed S t at es N a v y . 3 ... K a th e ri n e te s ti fi e d th a t s h e h a d fi l e d fo r c h i l d s u p p o rt fro m R i c h a rd ’s f at heri n Nuece s C ount y bu tt ha t s h e di d notpur su e t he su i tba se d upo n a ver balag r ee m ent . She al so t es t i f i ed t hatt her e w as a cou rt ca se i nvol ved an d t h a tb lo o d t e s t in g h a d o c c u r r e d . A c c o r d i n g t o K a t h e r in e , t h e c a s e w a ss t ill o p e n ; h o w e v e r , o t h e r t h a n K a t h e r in e ’s t e s t im o n y , t h e r e is n o o t h e re v id e n c e in th e re c o rd re g a rd i n g th i ss u i t. pet i t i on, w e h ol d t hat Kat her i ne i s ent i t l ed t o r el i ef ; t hus , w e c ondi t i ona l l y gr ant th e w ri t. SeeT e x . F a m . C o d e A n n . § 1 0 2 .0 0 3 (a )(9 ) (V e rn o n S u p p . 2 0 0 8 ). B a c k g rou n d F a c ts O n F e b r u a ry2 9 , 2 0 0 8 , t h e C o n n o r s f i l e d a n O r ig in a l P e t it io n in S u it A f f e c t in g t h e P a r e n t -C h ild R e la t io n s h ip (S A P C R ), s e e k in g t o b e n a m e d s o le
m a n a g i n g c o n s e rv a to rso f K a th e ri n e ’sc h i l d R i c h a rd . T h e C o n n o rsa reR i c h a rd ’s p a tern a l g ran d m o th e r an d ste p -gra n d fath e r; K a t h e r in e i s n o t m a rr i e d to R i c h a rd ’sfa th e r. 2 Th e C onn or s pl ed t hat “[ t ] her e are n o c o u rt - or der ed
conser vat or shi ps, court - or der ed guar di anshi ps, or ot he r court - or der ed
re l a ti o n s h i p sa ffe c ti n g th e c h i l d [w h o i s ] th e s u bj e c t o f th i ss u i t.” 3Theyal so p le d t h a tt h e yh a d s t a n d in g t o b r in g t h e s u itb e c a u s e K a t h e r in e h a d v o lu n t a r ily
r el i nq u i sh ed Ri cha r d t o t hem an d be ca us e t heyha d ha d “ ac t ualca r e, co nt r ol
a n d p o ss e ss i o n ” o f R i c h a rd fo r a t l e a st six m o n th s, en d i n g n o m o re th a n n i n e ty d a y sp re c e d i n g th e fi l i n g o f th e p e ti ti o n . O n M a r c h 1 2 , 2 0 0 8 , K a t h e r in e f ile d a M o t io n f o rC h a n g e o fV e n u e , inw hi ch sh e c ont end ed t hatRi cha r d’ s r es i den cei s i n Nuece s C ount y, w her e h e

has l i ved si nce he w as bor n i n M ar ch 20 06 . S he al so al l eged t hatRi char d “has
nev err es i ded i n Hood Count y, T e x asasi nt er pr et ed by t he Fam i l y Code”an d
r e q u e s t e d t h a tt h e t r ia l c o u rt o r d e r t h e C o n n o r s t o “ h a n d t h e c h ild o v e r t o h is
m ot herf ort hw i t h. ” Th e t r i a l c ou rth e l d a h e a r i ng o n t e m po r a ry or de r so n M a r c h 13, 2008 . A tt he hea r i ng, Rach e l t es t i f i ed t hats he had ha d a ct ualca r e, cu st ody, an d contr ol ofRi char d f ort he pastsi x m onths al t hou gh she ad m i tt ed t hathe had sp e n t t i m e w i th K a th e ri n e i n C o rpu s C h ri sti o v e r t h e p a st y e a r. A c c o rding to Ra c he l , Ri c ha r d be ga n l i vi ng w i t h t heCon n o rs pe r m a ne nt l y i n M a r c h 2007. S p e c i fi c a l l y , sh e s a i d th a t R i c h a rd s p e n t E a s te r 2 0 0 7 w i th th e m a n d w a s“ th e re of t en” ar oun d t hatt i m e. She al so t est i f i ed t hat R i char d l i ved w i t h herand her hus ban d “ d u r i ng t he su m m er , Fou rt h ofJul y, [ and ] t he m aj orhol i day s and event s t hr oug hou tt he sum m er , ” as w el l as w hen schoo l began. Rachel agr eed t hatRi cha r d w asl i vi ng a nd r es i di ng i n her hom e “[ a] l l dur i ng f oot bal l s ea so n” of2007 , f orThank sg i vi ng a nd a r ound C hr i st m as t i m e, an d f r om Ja nua ry t o t he d a te o f t h e h e a ri n g . H o w e v e r, sh e also ad m i tted tha t R i c h a rd h a d b e e n w i th K at her i ne atTh anksgi vi ng f o r a w eek t o t w o w eeks; she agr eed w i t h her
coun sel t hatt hese vi si t s w er e “short st ays aw ay f r om hom e. ” R i char d r et ur ned to the C o n n o rs for th e C h ri stm a s h o l i d a y s b u t on l yb e c a u se R a c h e l ag ree d tot ake hi s ol derbr ot hert oo. R ichar d and hi s br ot herl eftt he C onn or s’ t he day

a fte r C h ri s tm a s , b u t R i c h a rd re tu rn e d s o m e ti m e i n J a n u a ry2 0 0 8 . Rache l adm i tt ed t hat Ri cha r d w ass uppos ed t o go bac k t o Kat her i ne on M ar ch 9 , 20 08 . H ow ever , accor di ng t o R achel , K at her i ne cal l ed heron M ar ch 6— a w eek aft ert he sui tw as f i l ed— dem andi ng t hathe be r et ur ne d to her i m m e d i a te l y . R a c h e l w a su p s e t b e c a u s e s h e h a d p l a n n e d a p a rtyfo r R i c h a rd th a t w e e k e n d ; sh e re fu s e d to l e t K a th e ri n e h a v e h i m b a c ka fte r th a t. R a c h e l t e s t if ie d t h a t w h e n R ic h a r d s t a y e d w it h h e ra n d K u rt , K a t h e r in e d id not pr ovi de any suppo rt or m oney, nordi d she pr ovi de f orany cl ot hi ng, m edi cal
c a r e , o ro t h e ro fR ic h a r d ’s n e e d s . R a c h e l a ls o s a id t h a tR ic h a r d s t a y e d in f u llt i m e d a yc a r e w hi l e s t a yi ng w i t h t heCon no r s , w hi c h t he y pa i d f orf r om $400
a m o n th c h i l d s u p p o rt fro m R i c h a rd ’sfa th e r. R achel al so t est i f i ed t hat w hen R i char d st ayed w i t h K at her i ne, he ei t her
w ent t o day ca r e or st aye d w i t h a bab ys i tt er m os t of t he t i m e and th a t he st aye d ov er ni ghtw i th th e b a bys i tt erm or e t han w i t h Kat her i ne. Kat her i ne cor r obor at ed t hi s t es t i m ony, asdi d t he bab ys i tt er , Ti na M art i n. Kat her i ne and Ti na bot h t es t i f i ed t hatKat her i ne w or ksa l ot ; ac cor di ng t o Kat he ri n e , s he
w or ks up t o si x ni ghtsa w eek. Ti na t es t i f i ed t hat i n her opi ni on, Ri cha r d’ s hom e f ort he pas ts i x m ont hs had be en w i t h t he C onnor s and t hat he had nots pen tan y s ubs t ant i alam ount4 ... A lt h o u g h T in a a ls o t e s t if ie d t h a tK a t h e r in e t o ld h e rt h e d a y c a r e w ill

s o m e t im e ss ig n in R ic h a r d a n d h is b r o t h e r f o r h e r w h e n t h e ya r e n o ta ts c h o o l, t hi s t es t i m ony w asi n r ef er enc e t o da ycare r ec or dsf orM ar ch 200 7, nott he D e c e m b e r a n d J a n u a ryre c o rd s . oft i m e i n Kat her i ne’ s ca r e. Ti na con si der ed t he st aysw i t h Kat her i ne i n Cor pus C hr i st iovert he pastyear to b e t em por ary. H ow ever , Ti na al so cor r obo r at ed d a y c a rere c o rd sa d m i tte d b yK a th e ri n e s h o w i n g th a t R i c h a rd a tte n d e d d a y c a re i n Nuece s C ount y du r i ng t he sc hoolw ee ksi n Decem beran d t he f i r st w ee k o f Jan uary. 4 Kat her i ne t es t i f i ed t hats he “n eve r l e t [R i cha r d] l i ve”i n Hood Count y. A ccor di ng t o K at her i ne, she l et R i char d vi si tt he C onn or s “[ w ] hen he f i r stm et t hem , ” Th anksgi vi ng, C hr i st m as, and t hen begi nni ng i n January 20 08 , w hen sh e h ad “s om e f am i l y i ss ue [ ca m e] up” and as ke d Rache l “i f sh e w oul d he l p out by t ak i ng [ Ri cha r d] unt i l i tw asove r . ” Kat her i ne sa i d t hatt he l onge stpe r i od of t i m e Ri char d had spent i n H ood C oun t y w as abou t a m onth and a hal f , “m aybe, al m os tt w o, ” ar ound Eas t er2007 , a cou pl e o fw e e ksatThank sg i vi ng, one
w ee k a t C hr i st m as , an d t hen f r om t he end ofJa nua ry 2008 unt i l t he hea r i ng. A ddi t i ona l l y, Kat her i ne and Ti na bot h t es t i f i ed t hat Ri cha r d has a doc t ort hathe sees i n N ueces C oun t y; Ti na a g r eed t hatK at her i ne had t aken R i char d t o t hat doc t ors i x ti m esi n 2007— i n Fe br uary, M ar ch, M ay, A ugus t , an d S e p te m b e r— a n d o n J a n u a ry1 7 , 2 0 0 8 . A t th e c o n c l u s i o n o f th e h e a ri n g , th e tri a l c o u rt e n te re d te m p o ra ryo rd e rsa p p o i n t i n g the C o n n o rs j o i n t m a n a g i n g co n se rva to rs o f R i c h a rd a l o n g w i th

K a th e ri n e ; g i v i n g th e C o n n o rsth e ri g h t to h a v e th e p ri m a ryc u s to d yo f R i c h a rd and t o es t abl i sh Ri cha r d’ s dom i ci l e, w hi ch t he t r i al cou rt r es t r i ct ed to H o od C ount y; gr ant i ng Kat her i ne vi si t at i on on t he t hi r d w ee ke nd ofea ch m ont h; an d
o rde ri n g K a th e ri n e to p a y$ 1 9 2 .8 5 p e r m o n th to th e C o n n o rs i n ch i l d su p p o rt . Kat her i ne f i l ed t hi s pet i t i on f orw r i tofm and am usal ong w i t h a m ot i on f or em e rg e n c y t em por ary r el i ef , s ee ki ng a s t ay oft r i al . W e g r ant ed t he m ot i on, s ta y e d th e tri a l , a n d re q u e s te d a re s p o n s e fr o m th e C o n n o rs . T h e C o n n o rs dec l i ned t o f i l e a r es pons e. I n he rpe t i t i on f orw r i tofm and am us , Kat her i ne c h a l l e n g e s (1 ) th e tr i a l co u rt ’s d e term i n a ti o n th a t th e C o n n o rs h a d sta n d i n g to b ri n g th i ss u i t a n d (2 ) th e tri a l c o u rt’sd e te rm i n a ti o n t h a t i t w a si n R i c h a rd ’s bes ti n t e r e s tt h a tt h e C o n n o r sb e n a me d h i st e mp o r a ryj o i n tma n a g i ng conser vat or s.5 ... A lf onso v. Skadden , 251 S. W . 3d 52, 55 ( Tex. 2 0 0 8 ); City of A r l i ngton v. Centerf

olds, I nc ., 2 3 2 S .W .3 d 2 3 8 , 2 4 4 (T e x . A p p .— F o rtW o rt h 2 0 0 7 , p e t. d e n i e d ).

6 ... Bl and ISDv. Blue , 3 4S .W .3 d 5 4 7 , 5 5 5 (T e x . 2 0 0 0 ).

A n a ly s is W e r evi ew t he t r i al court ’ s det er m i nat i on of a part y’ s s ta n d in g t o f i l e a SA PC R by c ons t r ui ng t he pl ea di ngsi n f avo rof t he pet i t i one r and l ook i ng t o t he p l e a d e r’si n te n t. I

n reM. J. G. , 2 4 8 S .W .3 d 7 5 3 , 7 5 7 ( T e x . A p p .— F o rtW o rt h 2 0 0 8 , n o p e t.); InreS SJ-J, 1 5 3 S .W .3 d 1 3 2 , 1 3 4 (T e x . A p p .— S a n A n t o n io 2 0 0 4 , n o p e t.). W e re v i e w th e s ta n d i n g i s s u e d e n o v o . M. J. G. , 248 S. W . 3d
a t 7 5 7 ; S SJ-J, 153 S . W . 3d at134. St and i ng i s i m pl i ci ti n th e c onc eptof
s u bj ec t - m att erj ur i sd i ct i on, 5an d t he t r i alco urtca n c ons i derev i den ceon t he st andi ng i ssue w hen evi dence i s necessary t o det er m i ne j ur i sdi ct i onal f act s. 6 The Connor s’ pe t i t i on a l l e ged , an d t he t r i alco urts pec i f i ca l l y f ound,
s ta n d i n g u n d e r s e c ti o n 1 0 2 .0 0 3 (a )(9 ) o f th e fa m i l y c o d e ra th e r th a n th e m o re s p e c i f i c g ra n d p a re n t-s ta n d i n g p ro v i s i o n so f s e c ti o n 1 0 2 .0 0 4 . SeeT e x . F a m. C odeA nn. §§ 102 . 003 ( a) ( 9) , 1 0 2 .0 0 4 ( V er non Supp . 2008 ) . To s how st andi ng un dersect i on 1 02 . 00 3( a) ( 9) , t he C onn or s had t o pr ove t hat t hey had had act ual car e, cont r ol , and possessi on of R i char d f oratl eastsi x m onths, endi ng no tm or e t han ni net y days bef or e Febr uar y 29 , 20 08 , t he dat e t hey f i l ed7 ... S e c t io n 1 0 2 .0 0 4p r o v id e s t h a t a g r a n d p a r e n t m a y f ile a n o r ig in a l s u it

r equest i ng m anagi ng con servat or shi p if th e r e i s sat i sf act or y pr oof t o t he t r i al cou rtt hat“ ( 1) t he or derr equ es t ed i s nec es sa ry be ca us e t he c hi l d’ s pr es ent ci r cum st ances w oul d si gni f i cant l y i m pai r t he chi l d’ s physi cal heal t h orem ot i onal dev el opm ent ; or( 2) bot h pa r ent s, t he su rvi vi ng pa r ent , ort he m ana gi ng con se rvat ororcu st odi an ei t herf i l ed t he pet i t i on or con se nt ed t o t he su i t . ” Tex. F a m . C o d e A n n . § 1 0 2 .0 0 4 (a ) (V e rn o n S u p p . 2 0 0 8 ). th e i r s u i t. Id . § 1 0 2 .0 0 3 (a )(9 ). 7 In c o m p u ti n g th e ti m e u n d e r s u b s e c ti o n (9 ), t he t r i al court“m ay not r equi r e t hat t he t i m e be conti nuo us and un i nt er r upted b u ts h a ll c o n s id e r t h e c h ild ’s p r in c ip a l re s id e n c e d u r in g t h e re le v a n tt im e pr ecedi ng t he dat e ofcom m encem entoft he sui t . ” Id . § 1 0 2 .0 0 3 (b ). C ourt s sh oul d de t er m i ne a c hi l d’ s pr i nci palr e s i d e n ceby l ook i ng a tt he f ol l ow i ng f ac t or s: ( 1) w het her t he chi l d has a f i xed pl ac e ofab odew i t hi n t he p o s s e s s io n o ft h e p a rt y , ( 2 ) o c c u p ie d o r in t e n d e d t o b e o c c u p ie d c o n s is t e n t ly
overa subst ant i al per i od of t i m e, and ( 3) w h ic h is p er m anent r at hert han te m p o ra ry . InreM.P.B . , 257 S. W . 3d 804 , 809 ( Tex. A pp. — D al l as2008 , no p e t.); D onc er

v. Di cker son , 81 S. W . 3d 349 , 361 ( Tex. A pp. — El Pas o 2002, no pet . ) . I n a m odi f i cat i on case, f orexam pl e, “per m anency m ay be show n ei t her by p r es enc e i n t he cou nt y f or a n e x tende d pe r i od oft i m e o rby so m e a g re e m ent , ex pl i ci tori m pl i ed, by t he part y w i t h a r i ghtt o c ont r ol t he chi l d ’s
r es i den ce , f or th e c h i l d t o s t ay i n t he new co unt y f oran ext end ed per i od of t i m e. ” D oncer, 81 S. W . 3d at361 ( quot i ng In reS.D . , 980 S. W . 2d 758, 761 (T e x . A p p .— S a n A n to n i o 1 9 9 8 , p e t. d e n i e d ).H er e, ev en con si der i ng t he evi den cei n t he l i ghtm os tf avo r abl e t o t he

C onn or s, t he evi dence do es notshow th atK at her i ne vol untar i l y r el i nqu i shed p e r m a n e n tc a r e , c o n t r o l, a n d p o s s e s s io n o fR ic h a r d t o t h e C o n n o r sf o rt h e s ix
m ont hspr ec edi ng t hei r f i l i ng of t he su i t . By Rac hel ’ s ow n a dm i ss i on, Kat her i ne h a d p o s s e s s io n o fR ic h a r d in N o v e m b e rw h e n R a c h e l c a lle d t o a s k ifs h e c o u ld have hi m f ort he hol i days; K at her i ne di d not al l ow posse s s io n unt i l Rach el agr eed t o t ake Ri chard ’s b ro th ert oo. Ti na t est i f i ed t hatRi char d at t ended day ca r e d ur i ng t he sc hool w ee k i n Nuece s C ount y du r i ng Dece m ber2007 an d t he f i r stw eek ofJanuar y 20 08 . A nd K at her i ne t est i f i ed t hatshe asked Rachel t o t ak e R i c h a r d a tt h e e n d o fJ a n u a ryo n a t e mp o r a ryb a s i so n l y ; R achel confi r m ed t hatRi char d w as t o be r et ur ned t o K at he rine unti l Rach el becam e ups ett hatKat her i ne w ant ed hi m ba ckea r l y. Thus , Rach el ’ s ow n t es t i m ony sh ow s t hatKat her i ne con t r ol l ed w her e Ri cha r d w o u l d s t ay and f orhow l ong and t hatt he C onn or s di d not have such contr ol . N or i s t her e any evi dence t hat Kat her i ne i nt end ed Ri cha r d t o s t ay w i t h t he C onnor s f oran y e xt end ed per i ods oft i m e. In ot herw or ds , t her e i s no e vi den cet hatRi cha r d’ s abo de i n Hood C ount y w asf i xed or per m ane nt ; r at her , t he evi den cei s t hati tw ast em por ary, s o m e ti m e su p to s e v e ra l m o n th sa t a ti m e , b u t a l w a y sd e p e n d i n g o n K a th e ri n e ’s
con se nt . W e h ol d t hatt he C onnor s di d notm ee t th ei rbur den ofpr ovi ng st and i ng t o br i ng an or i gi nal su i ts ee ki ng m ana gi ng c ons ervat or sh i p ofRi cha r d.8 ... See al so I n re Cham bless , 257 S. W . 3d 698, 699– 700 ( Te x. 2008 ) ( c on di t i on a l l y gr a nt i ng w r i to fm a nd a m usa nd o r de r i ng t r i a l c ou rtt o vac a te tem p o raryo rde rs g ran ti n g g ran d p a ren ts v i sit a ti o n w h e n m o th e r no t ab l e to e ffe c ti v e l yc ro s s -e x a m i n e s o c i a l w o rk e r a t te m p o ra ryo rd e r h e a ri n g ); Prof f er v. Y ates , 73 4 S . W . 2d 67 1, 67 3 ( Tex . 19 87 ) ( g ra nt i ng m andam us t o t r ansf er v e n u e o f c h i l d c u s to d yc a s e ).

9 ... A c c o rd i n g l y , K a th e ri n e ’so b l i g a ti o n to p a y c h i l d s u p p o rt to th e C o n n o rs sh a ll c e a se i m m edi at el y. A ny w age w i t hho l di ng or dert hatm ay have been i ssued i n accor dance w i t h t he t r i al court ’ s t em por ary or de rs s h a lll i kew i se t er m i nat e i m m edi at el y.

10 ... O urhol di ng s houl d not be con st r ued aspr eve nt i ng t he t r i alco urtf r om ent er i ng any t em por ary or der s t hat m ay be ot her w i se per m i ssi bl e by l aw ort hat m ay be agr ee d t o by t he part i es pr ovi di ng f or vi si t at i on byt he C onnor s ast he tri a l c o u rt m a y fi n d to b e i n R i c h a rd ’sb e s t i n te re s t. Se e, e .g . , Tex. Fa m . Code M or eov er , gi ven t he nat ur e o ft hi s su i t and t he C onnor s’ l ac k o fs t and i ng to m a i n ta i n i t, w e a l s o h o l d th a t m a n d a m u s i s th e p ro p e r re m e d y . Se eInre Tex. D ep’tof

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re Roxsane R . , 249 S . W . 3d 7 6 4 , 775 ( Tex. A pp. — FortW ort h 2008, or i g. p ro c e e d i n g ). 8 C onc l us i on H a v in g d e t e r m in e d t h a tt h e C o n n o r sd id n o tp r o v e s t a n d in g t o f ile s u it
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