in Re: Texas Department of Family & Protective Services

Dismiss and Opinion Filed December 11, 2015
S In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-15-01398-CV
IN RE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES, Relator
Original Proceeding from the 255th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-13-22005
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Francis, Myers, and Schenck
Opinion by Justice Francis
By letter dated December 9, 2015, the Texas Department of Family & Protective Services
advised the Court that the trial court has lifted the hold on the adoption of the child who is the
subject of this proceeding and that the trial court has signed an adoption decree. The Department
states that it no longer wishes to pursue mandamus relief and requests that the case be dismissed
as moot. “A case becomes moot if a controversy ceases to exist between the parties at any stage
of the legal proceedings.” In re Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., 166 S.W.3d 732, 737 (Tex. 2005)
(orig. proceeding). We dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction.
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/Molly Francis/
MOLLY FRANCIS
JUSTICE