in Re Latitia Adelle Johnson Barnard

In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-13-00150-CV
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IN RE LATITIA ADELLE JOHNSON BARNARD
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Original Proceeding
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
In a petition for writ of habeas corpus, Latitia Adelle Johnson Barnard seeks
to compel Julius Marion Barnard III to return their three children to her. See
generally Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 157.371 (West 2008).1 This Court lacks original
jurisdiction of a habeas proceeding for the return of a child. See id.; see also In re
McLane, No. 01-08-00763-CV, 2009 WL 4358857, at *2 (Tex. App.—Houston
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The parties’ 2008 divorce decree gave relator the right to designate the
primary residence of the children, but in a pending suit seeking to modify and to
terminate the parent-child relationship, the trial court signed temporary orders
limiting relator’s access to the children to specific periods of visitation.
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[1st Dist.] Nov. 30, 2009, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.). We dismiss relator’s
petition for writ of habeas corpus.
PETITION DISMISSED.
PER CURIAM
Submitted on April 10, 2013
Opinion Delivered April 25, 2013
Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.
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