In Re in the Interest of I.E.F.

OPINION

Opinion by:

REBECCA SIMMONS, Justice.

The underlying suit involves competing petitions to modify a 2002 Order in Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship (SAPCR). Under the 2002 SAPCR Order, April Rodriguez, who is the child’s mother, was appointed managing conservator with the exclusive right to determine the child’s primary residence. The order appointed Daniel Flores, who is the child’s father, as possessory conservator. Daniel filed the initial petition to modify the 2004 SAPCR Order, thereafter, April filed her own petition to modify and a motion for a legislative continuance.…