Proffer v. Yates

This is an original mandamus action. Relator, Sally Proffer, seeks a writ of mandamus directing the Honorable John G. Yates, sitting as Judge of the 150th Judicial District Court of Bexar County, to render an order transferring to the district court of El Paso County a cause styled In the Interest of Jack Paul Leon, Jr., A Child. We conditionally grant the writ.

Sally and Jack Leon, Sr. were divorced in Bexar County in 1974. Sally was named managing conservator of the parties’ minor child. In 1981 the district court modified the decree by appointing Sally and Jack joint managing conservators.…