in Re Dewayne Keith Spriggs

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-02-155 CV

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IN RE DEWAYNE KEITH SPRIGGS

Original Proceeding

OPINION

Dewayne Keith Spriggs filed this petition for writ of mandamus, which seeks to compel the Honorable Joe Bob Golden, judge of the 1st District Court of Jasper County, Texas, to vacate his order denying Spriggs's plea in abatement and to abate the petition to modify an order affecting parent-child relationship until the court of continuing jurisdiction decides whether to retain the case on its docket or to relinquish jurisdiction…