Son’s guardianship bid for Texans owner dropped
led by one of the sons of the owner of the Houston Texans that had sought to have her declared incapacitated and have a guardian
appointed for her was dropped Monday.
Robert Cary McNair Jr. had filed his application for appointment of a
guardian for Janice McNair, 87, in November with a probate court in Harris
County, where Houston is located.
But on Monday, lawyers for Cary McNair, along with others involved in the
case, filed a motion in which they agreed to jointly drop the lawsuit.
News of the end of the case was first reported by the Houston Chronicle. Jeremy Fielding, an attorney for Cary McNair, told the newspaper the
family made the joint decision to address these issues privately.
Fielding said Cary McNair is concerned about his mother’s health and that
he filed the lawsuit to protect her and not to “control her estate, as his
brother Cal has incorrectly suggested.”
Attorneys for Janice McNair and her son Cal McNair, who is chairman and CEO
of the Texans, had previously pushed back on Cary McNair’s claims that the
elder McNair was incapacitated or needed a guardian to control her
personal, financial and medical decisions. Janice McNair became the
principal owner of the Texans after her husband, Robert “Bob” McNair, died in 2018.
“Cal McNair is delighted that the frivolous lawsuit against his mother,
Janice McNair, was dismissed today,” Paul Dobrowski, Cal McNair’s attorney,
said in a statement. “He is relieved that she will not be burdened by an
unnecessary medical examination nor placed under a repressive guardianship
that would restrict her rights. She will continue to be actively involved
as founder and senior chairperson of the Houston Texans.”
The decision to end the lawsuit came after Judge Jerry Simoneaux ruled
earlier this month that Janice McNair would not have to undergo an
independent exam to evaluate her mental capacity. Cary McNair’s attorneys
had asked for the exam, arguing in court that her abilities to conduct
business had been affected by a stroke she had in January 2022.
Details of what had prompted the guardianship effort had mostly remained
private after some records in the lawsuit were previously ordered sealed by
Simoneaux.
Source: A lawsuit filed by one of the sons of the owner of the Houston Texans that had sought to have her declared incapacitated and have a guardian appointed for her has been dropped.
