Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-10-23 07:09:31.073538+00
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In the
        Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
         at Fort Worth
     ___________________________
          No. 02-23-00390-CV
     ___________________________

                IN RE S.B.

  On Appeal from the 367th District Court
         Denton County, Texas
      Trial Court No. 20-7148-367

   Before Kerr, Birdwell, and Womack, JJ.
   Memorandum Opinion by Justice Kerr
                            MEMORANDUM OPINION

       Relator filed an emergency motion to stay certain proceedings in the trial court.

See Tex. R. App. P. 52.10. Relator did not file a petition seeking extraordinary relief, see

Tex. R. App. P. 52.1, although she claims in the motion that she will file a petition for

mandamus later. An appellate court cannot grant temporary relief under rule 52.10

unless an original proceeding has been filed. In re Omni Hotels Mgmt. Corp., No. 2-03-

365-CV, 2003 WL 22966229, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Dec. 18, 2003, orig.

proceeding) (per curiam); In re Ramirez, 133 S.W.3d 664 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi–

Edinburg 2003, orig. proceeding); In re Kelleher, 999 S.W.2d 51, 52 (Tex. App.—

Amarillo 1999, orig. proceeding); see Tex. R. App. P. 52.1, 52.10. Rule 52.10 implies

that a petition must be filed before our court can grant emergency relief. Omni Hotels

Mgmt. Corp., 2003 WL 22966229, at *1. At this point, there is no controversy before

this court. See id.

       Accordingly, we dismiss Relator’s emergency motion for want of jurisdiction

without prejudice to refiling it after an original proceeding is commenced. See id.

                                                        /s/ Elizabeth Kerr
                                                        Elizabeth Kerr
                                                        Justice

Delivered: October 17, 2023

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