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Date Created: 2023-10-17 11:09:13.96762+00
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                        San Antonio, Texas
                                               October 11, 2023

                                            No. 04-23-00594-CV

    IN RE THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES

                                      Original Mandamus Proceeding 1

                                                    ORDER

        On June 15, 2023, the Department filed a petition for writ of mandamus. We conditionally
grant the petition for writ of mandamus and order the trial court to vacate, no later than fifteen
days from the date of this order, the following decretal paragraphs of the “Order Granting in Part
and Denying in Part Petitioner’s Request for De Novo Hearing Before the Referring Court”
rendered on March 10, 2023, and signed on March 27, 2023:

        4.1.1    The Department is ordered to continue to pay the equivalent of monthly
                 “kinship funds” to any and all caregivers/placements for the (4) children in
                 its care so that the Department shall meet the needs of all (4) children in its
                 care as required by law.
        4.1.2    Any and all funds in arrears that have not been paid to the caregiver shall
                 be tendered no later than March 15, 2023 at 5:00 PM.
        4.1.3    The Court finds the equivalent of “kinship funds” to be a monthly financial
                 assistance of $1520.00.

        The writ will issue only if we are informed that the trial court has failed to comply with
this order.

        This court’s June 16, 2023, partial stay of the underlying proceedings is LIFTED.

        It is so ORDERED on October 11, 2023.

                                                                      _____________________________
                                                                      Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice

1
 This proceeding arises out of Cause No. 2020-PA-01747, styled In the Interest of Z.C., Z.T., Z.T., J.C., Children,
pending in the 45th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas, the Honorable Mary Lou Alvarez presiding.
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       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 11th day of October, 2023.

                                                     _____________________________
                                                     Michael A. Cruz, Clerk of Court

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