Sokolosky v. McFall

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

COUNTISS, Justice.

This is an original mandamus proceeding, by which Relator Stephanie Ann Sokolosky seeks an order compelling Respondent Judge John R. McFall to transfer a suit affecting the parent-child relationship to the county of the children’s residence. We conditionally grant the writ.

The real parties in interest, Relator Soko-losky and Jeremy Charles Wicker, were divorced in Lubbock County in January of 1983. The decree appointed Sokolosky managing conservator of the couple’s two daughters, appointed Wicker possessory conservator, ordered Wicker to pay…