in Re Julie Covington

NUMBER 13-21-00322-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
IN RE JULIE COVINGTON
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Hinojosa and Silva
Order Per Curiam
On October 5, 2021, relator Julie Covington filed a petition for writ of mandamus
and a motion to stay the trial court proceedings in the above-referenced cause. By petition
for writ of mandamus, relator seeks to compel the trial court to set aside an order striking
relator’s petition in intervention in the underlying suit regarding the parent-child
relationship. By emergency motion, relator seeks to stay all trial court proceedings
pending the resolution of this petition for writ of mandamus.
The Court, having examined and fully considered the motion to stay, is of the
opinion that the motion to stay should be carried with the case pending further review.
See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.10(b) (“Unless vacated or modified, an order granting temporary
relief is effective until the case is finally decided.”).
The Court requests that the real parties in interest, Jessica Schaffer, Allen
Schaffer, Ashley Osteen Gortemiller, the Texas Department of Family and Protective
Services, and ad litem Carmen M. Ramirez, or any others whose interest would be directly
affected by the relief sought, file a response to the petition for writ of mandamus on or
before the expiration of ten days from the date of this order. See id. R. 52.2, 52.4, 52.8.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed on the
5th day of October, 2021.
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