[1] See Ex parte Bagwell, 754 S.W.2d 490 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1988, orig. proceeding); Ex parte Sinclair, 746 S.W.2d 956 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1988, orig. proceeding); Ex parte Linder, 783 S.W.2d 754 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1990, orig. proceeding).

[2] Ex parte Amaya, 748 S.W.2d 224,225 (Tex. 1988).

[3] Ex parte Whitehead, 908 S.W.2d 68 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1995, orig. proceeding).

[4] Ex parte Proctor, 398 S.W.2d 917 (Tex. 1966); Ex parte Durham, 921 S.W.2d 482 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1996, orig. proceeding).

[5] Ex parte Davis, 344 S.W.2d 153 (Tex. 1961).

[6] Ex parte Chambers, 898 S.W.2d 257 (Tex. 1995).

[7] Tex. Fam. Code § 157.166; Ex parte Boykins, 764 S.W.2d 590 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1989, orig. proceeding).

[8] Ex parte Davila, 718 S.W.2d 281 (Tex. 1986); see also In Re Paul Wendy 154 SW 3d 594 (Tex. 2005).

[9] Ex parte Linder, 783 S.W.2d 754 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1990, orig. proceeding); Ex parte Arnold, 926 S.W.2d 622 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 1996, orig. proceeding).

[10] Adams v. Bell, 94 S.W.3d 759 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2002, no pet.).

[11] Ex parte Calvillo Amaya, 748 S.W.2d 224 (Tex. 1988); Ex parte Martinez, 331 S.W.2d 209 (Tex. 1960).

[12] Ex parte Spencer, 508 S.W.2d 698 (Tex. Civ. App.—Texarkana 1974, orig. proceeding); Ex parte Brooks, 604 S.W.2d 463 (Tex. Civ. App.—Tyler 1980, orig. proceeding).

[13] Ex parte Jacobs, 636 S.W.2d 20 (Tex. App.—Austin 1982, orig. proceeding)

[14]  Ex parte Amaya, 748 S.W.2d 224 (Tex. 1988); Ex parte Jordan, 865 S.W.2d 459 (Tex. 1993).

[15] In re Brown, 114 S.W.3d 7 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2003, orig. proceeding)

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[16] Tex. Fam. Code § 157.212.

[17] Tex. Fam. Code § 157.214.

[18] Tex. Fam. Code § 157.215.

[19] Tex. Fam. Code § 157.216

[20] Ex parte Mackie, 727 S.W.2d 129 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1987, orig. proceeding).

[21] Tex. Fam. Code § 157.001(d).

[22] See In re Garza, 981 S.W.2d 438 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1998, orig. proceeding).

[23] Ex parte Gonzalez, 238 S.W.2d 635 (Tex. 1922).

[24] See Ex parte West, 559 S.W.2d 674 (Tex. Civ. App.—Dallas 1979, orig. proceeding).

[25] In re Sheshtawny, 154 S.W.3d 114 (Tex. 2004) abrogating Ex parte Boniface, 650 S.W.2d 776 (Tex. 1983) and Schultz v. Fifth Judicial District Court of Appeal, 810 S.W.2d 738 (Tex. 1991).

[26] See e.g., Ex parte Boniface, 650 S.W.2d 776 (Tex. 1983) and Schultz v. Fifth Judicial District Court of Appeal, 810 S.W.2d 738 (Tex. 1991) versus Bivins v. Bivins, 709 S.W.2d 374 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 1986, no writ); Sullivan v. Sullivan, 719 S.W.2d 239 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1986, writ denied).

[27] Tex. Fam. Code § 9.007; In re Fischer-Stoker, 174 SW3d 268 (Tex. App. – Houston [1^st Dist.] 2005, pet. denied).

[28] Tex. Fam. Code § 6.709(b).

[29] Chiles v. Schuble, 788 S.W.2d 205 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1990, orig. proceeding).

[30] Stewart Title Co. v. Street, 731 S.W.2d 737 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1987, orig. proceeding).

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