In Re Jacobs

MAJORITY OPINION

JEFFREY V. BROWN, Justice.

In this original proceeding, the relators, Mark A. Jacobs, M.D., Debra C. Gunn, M.D., and Obstetrical and Gynecologist Associates, P.A., seek a writ of mandamus ordering the Honorable Mike Wood, presiding judge of Probate Court No. 2 of Harris County, to set aside his two orders of January 23, 2009 — one compelling the deposition of Dr. Jacobs and one compelling net-worth discovery for the past two years — and his order of January 30, 2009, clarifying the two January 23 orders. We conditionally grant the petition in part and deny it in part.

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