In Re Office of the Attorney General

In this case, the district court issued a temporary restraining order against the Office of the Attorney General and later signed two orders purporting to extend the original order. Because we conclude the orders are procedurally void, we conditionally grant the Attorney General’s petition for writ of mandamus.

These proceedings concern several orders from the 301st District Court directing that child-support payments be remitted by the Attorney General to Guardian Ad Litem (“GAL”), a private company that collects and disburses child-support payments for its clients in exchange for a fee.…