In Re Denison

Opinion

TERRY McCALL, Justice.

This is an original mandamus proceeding concerning the failure of the county court to assign a statutory probate court judge to hear certain proceedings regarding the probate of the Estate of Ida Baldwin Denison, deceased. Relator, Bob Marshall Denison, filed a petition for an accounting under TEX. PROB. CODE ANN. § 149A (Vernon 2003). Relator also filed a motion seeking the assignment of a statutory probate court judge to hear both the motion for assignment and the petition for accounting. The county court denied relator’s motion for assignment, and relator…