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In re Interest of E.V.

Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas
Jun 20, 2017
No. 04-16-00626-CV (Tex. App. Jun. 20, 2017)

Opinion

No. 04-16-00626-CV

06-20-2017

IN THE INTEREST OF E.V.ET AL, CHILDREN


From the 37th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2016-CI-03912
Honorable Antonia Arteaga, Judge Presiding

ORDER

On June 5, 2017, counsel for appellee, Rebecca Sweat, filed a Motion for Withdrawal of Counsel. In the motion, appellee's attorney asks for permission to withdraw, stating Sweat has failed to abide by her contractual obligations.

Under Rule 6.5 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, an appellate court may permit an attorney to withdraw from representation so long as certain conditions are met. TEX. R. APP. P. 6.5. The motion substantially complies with subsection (a) of Rule 6.5 and recites that a copy of the motion was delivered to Sweat as required by subsection (b) of Rule 6.5. See id.

Accordingly, the motion to withdraw is GRANTED. We ORDER counsel for appellee to immediately notify Sweat, in writing, of any deadlines or settings that counsel knows about at the time of withdrawal but that were not previously disclosed to Sweat. See TEX. R. APP. P. 6.5(c). We also ORDER counsel to file its notice with the Clerk of this Court on or before July 5, 2017. We note that at this time, appellant's brief is due on June 30, 2017. Appellee's brief will be due 30 days after appellant's brief is filed.

We further ORDER appellee to either have newly retained counsel make an appearance in this appeal or certify to this Court that she desires to proceed without counsel on or before July 20, 2017.

We further order the clerk of this court to serve a copy of this order on appellee, appellee's current counsel, and appellant's counsel.

/s/_________

Marialyn Barnard, Justice

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 20th day of June, 2017.

/s/_________

Luz Estrada

Chief Deputy Clerk


Summaries of

In re Interest of E.V.

Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas
Jun 20, 2017
No. 04-16-00626-CV (Tex. App. Jun. 20, 2017)
Case details for

In re Interest of E.V.

Case Details

Full title:IN THE INTEREST OF E.V.ET AL, CHILDREN

Court:Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas

Date published: Jun 20, 2017

Citations

No. 04-16-00626-CV (Tex. App. Jun. 20, 2017)