Ex parte Parker

Relator brought a habeas corpus proceeding to gain possession of his daughter, Amanda Jean Parker, from his former wife’s parents, Charles and Mary Curtis. Relator is the possessory conservator of Amanda under an existing decree, and has filed in the district court a motion to modify the decree as it relates to custody of Amanda, which motion is presently pending in the trial court. Terri Elizabeth Parker, managing conservator, is incarcerated in the Smith County jail. Upon the trial court’s denial of the habeas corpus action, relator filed herein his motion for leave to file writ of mandamus…