Ex parte Sarao

EVANS, Justice.

The threshold question in this case is whether this court has original jurisdiction over a habeas corpus proceeding instituted by the petitioner Josephine Marie Sarao on behalf of her minor child, Christina Marie Sarao.

The petitioner contends that her daughter is being restrained of her liberty by virtue of a void order entered by the trial court. She alleges that under the provisions of an earlier divorce decree she was named the managing conservator of her child and that the trial court, without proper notice and hearing, appointed the respondent, James Sarao, the child’s…