Opinion
No. 08-15-00101-CV
10-29-2015
ERNESTO GARCIA, Appellant, v. GEORGINA GARCIA, Appellee.
Appeal from the 65 District Court of El Paso County, Texas (TC# 2011-DCM00214) ORDER
Pending before the Court is an agreed motion for mediation. The motion is GRANTED. The parties shall, within twenty (20) days of the date of this order confer and agree upon a mediator qualified under TEX.CIV.PRAC.&REM.CODE ANN. §154.052. The parties shall notify the Court of the name, address, telephone and fax number of the mediator. If the parties are unable to agree upon a qualified mediator, the Court will withdraw the mediation order and the appellate deadlines will be reestablished.
The Court further ORDERS that the mediation be held within sixty (60) days of the date of this order and that the appellate timetable be suspended during such time. All parties or their representative with full settlement authority shall attend the mediation process, with their counsel of record. The mediator and parties shall file a report of the completion of mediation within forty-eight (48) hours of the conclusion of mediation advising the court of:
• full, partial, or no resolution of the case;
• whether further negotiations are planned; and
• compensation paid to the mediator and by whom.
In the event no further negotiations are planned and there is no resolution, or a partial resolution of the case occurs, the parties will file a motion with this Court requesting that the Court issue an order reestablishing the appellate timetable. This motion will accompany the above-mentioned forty-eight (48) hours report.
The Court further ORDERS, in the event of full resolution of the issues in this case, that the parties file a joint dispositive motion within ten (10) days of the conclusion of mediation.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 29 day of October, 2015.
PER CURIAM Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez and Hughes, JJ.