Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-06-21 06:09:48.0153+00
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DENIED and Opinion Filed June 16, 2023

                                      S  In The
                              Court of Appeals
                       Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                 No. 05-23-00598-CV

 IN RE CONNIE DENISE SIGEL IN HER CAPACITY AS INDEPENDENT
  EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF FLO DELMARENE MCCARTHY,
                      DECEASED, Relator

                Original Proceeding from the Probate Court No. 1
                              Dallas County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. PR-18-00439-1

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION
                   Before Justices Reichek, Carlyle, and Kennedy
                            Opinion by Justice Kennedy
       In her June 14, 2023 petition for writ of mandamus, relator seeks relief from

two probate court orders issued in connection with an independent estate

administration. The first order set aside an earlier distribution order. The second

order is a pretrial scheduling order, setting certain issues for a jury trial.

       Entitlement to mandamus relief requires relator to show that the trial court

clearly abused its discretion and that relator lacks an adequate appellate remedy. In

re Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 148 S.W.3d 124, 135–36 (Tex. 2004) (orig.

proceeding). Relator bears the burden of providing the Court with a sufficient record

to show she is entitled to relief. Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833, 837 (Tex. 1992)
(orig. proceeding). After reviewing relator’s petition and the record before us, we

conclude that relator has failed to demonstrate an entitlement to mandamus relief.

      Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus. See TEX. R. APP. P.

52.8(a).

      We also deny relator’s emergency motion to stay as moot.

                                          /Nancy Kennedy/
                                          NANCY KENNEDY
                                          JUSTICE

230598F.P05

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