Opinion
Appellate case number: 01-19-00472-CV
12-10-2020
June Ok and Minor Child v. Amy Joelynn Queen
ORDER OF CONTINUING ABATEMENT
Trial court case number: 17-CCV-060124 Trial court: County Court at Law No 2 of Fort Bend County
On June 23, 2020, the parties were notified that the record did not contain a final judgment and that the appeal was subject to dismissal for want of jurisdiction unless the parties established this Court's jurisdiction. On July 28, 2020, Appellants responded to the dismissal notice. They acknowledged that no final judgment had been signed by the trial court. Appellants represented that they had filed a motion asking the trial court to sign a final judgment, and they requested this Court to allow them time to obtain a final judgment.
On August 4, 2020, the appeal was abated to allow Appellants to obtain a signed final judgment from the trial court. The August 4, 2020 abatement order stated that "[a] supplemental clerk's record containing any final judgment or order shall be filed within 60 days of the date of [that] order." The order warned that failure to comply with the order may result in dismissal of this appeal for want of jurisdiction. To date, no supplemental clerk's record has been filed containing a final judgment; nor have Appellants otherwise contacted this Court to provide a status or an update.
Considering the pandemic, and because Appellants previously represented that they had taken steps to obtain a final judgment, Appellants are given an additional 30 days from the date of this order to file a supplemental clerk's record containing a signed final judgment. The appeal will remain abated during that time and will be reinstated 35 days from the date of this order without the need of further order.
Failure to comply with this order may result in dismissal of this appeal for want of jurisdiction without further notice. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a); Rodgers, 2011 WL 5009904, at *1 (citing Iacono v. Lyons, 6 S.W.3d 715, 717 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1999, order)).
It is so ORDERED. Justice's signature: /s/ Richard Hightower
Acting individually Date: December 10, 2020