In Re Simonek

OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

Geri Lynn Simonek, mother of T.C. and the Relator in this action, filed a Petition for Writ of Mandamus to compel the transfer of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship (SAPCR) from McLennan County to Matagorda County. Respondent is the Judge of the 170th District Court of McLennan County.

James David Cooper, T.C.’s father, and the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services (DPRS), which has temporary conservatorship of the child, filed responses. Simonek and DPRS argue that the entire case should be transferred without delay. Cooper argues that…