Opinion
01-22-00080-CV
10-10-2024
David Herbig, Trustee of the Welch Family Trust C v. Jeanne Manry Welch, Trustee of the Welch Manry Family Trust
Trial court: 164th District Court of Harris County, Texas Trial court case number: 2020-07680
The panel consists of Landau, Countiss, and Guerra Justices.
ABATEMENT ORDER
Amparo Monique Guerra, Judge.
Pursuant to this Court's August 6, 2024 Abatement Order, Patrick D. Sullivan, counsel for appellee Jeanne Manry Welch, Trustee of the Welch Manry Family Trust, has filed a status report advising the Court that the parties need additional time to finalize the remaining settlement documents and present an Agreed Motion to this Court. Appellee's counsel states that, on or about July 16, 2024, the parties met with the mediator/arbitrator to work through final issues and with her assistance completed and executed formal settlement papers. Appellee's counsel further states that pursuant to those papers, additional steps need to be completed, including filing an agreed motion to handle the disposition of this appeal, and that the parties have drafted papers to finalize the transaction called for under the settlement and those papers are currently out for execution. Appellee's counsel states that he has conferred with appellant's counsel, AJ Foreman, and that appellant agrees to the statements and the request in the status report for a sixty-day extension of the abatement period. The parties therefore request that the abatement of this case continue for an additional sixty days while the parties execute the remaining documents and present a motion to this Court relating to the handling of the underlying judgment. The parties' request to continue the abatement of this appeal is GRANTED.
Accordingly, we continue the abatement of this appeal for an additional sixty days from the date of this order. No later than 60 days from the date of this order, the parties shall file a motion to reinstate and dismiss the appeal, a motion to reinstate and proceed with the appeal, or a report advising this Court of the status of the proceedings. If the parties do not respond as directed, this Court, on its own motion, may reinstate this case on the active docket.
The appeal remains abated, treated as a closed case, and removed from this Court's active docket.
It is so ORDERED.