Court Opinion

ID: 9380514
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Date Created: 2023-03-20 10:07:06.526075+00
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Opinion issued March 14, 2023

                                     In The

                              Court of Appeals
                                     For The

                          First District of Texas
                            ————————————
                              NO. 01-23-00110-CV
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                   IN RE TARA MARIE THOMAS, Relator

            Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Relator, Tara Marie Thomas, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus,

challenging the trial court’s August 12, 2022 “Order Enforcing Child Support Order

with Commitment Suspended.” In her mandamus petition, relator argues that she

was denied due process of law because: (1) the motion for enforcement filed by real

party in interest, Steven Anthony Thomas, “fail[ed] to meet the requirements of

Section 157.002 of the Texas Family Code” and (2) the “Agreed Final Decree of

Divorce is vague and ambiguous and not subject to enforcement by contempt.”
Relator requests that the Court grant her petition for writ of mandamus and allow

her to “be discharged from the requirements of the [trial court’s August 12, 2022]

order.” Relator further requested that the Court declare that the trial court’s August

12, 2022 order was “beyond the authority of the [trial court] and therefore void.”1

      We deny relator’s petition for writ of mandamus. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a).

Any pending motions are dismissed as moot.

                                  PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Hightower, Rivas-Molloy, and Farris.

1
      The underlying case is In the Interest of B.C.T. and L.K.T., Children, Cause No.
      2016-88084, in the 257th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable
      Sandra Peake presiding.

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