in Re Lanitia Talley, Relator

In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo No. 07-15-00198-CV IN RE LANITIA TALLEY, RELATOR ORIGINIAL PROCEEDING June 22, 2015 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before CAMPBELL and HANCOCK and PIRTLE, JJ. Relator, Lanitia Talley, petitioned this Court to issue a writ of mandamus ordering respondent, the Honorable John J. McClendon III, to hear a de novo appeal of the Associate Judge’s recommendations regarding Talley’s standing to intervene in a suit affecting parent-child relationship. We will conditionally grant the petition. Factual and Procedural Background Talley is the paternal…