Opinion
NO. 14-16-00130-CV
06-02-2016
IN RE TREY MELCHER AND YVONNE MELCHER, ET AL, Relators
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF MANDAMUS
215th District Court Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2011-52524
ABATEMENT ORDER
On February 19, 2006, relators filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221 (West. 2004). In the petition, relators requested that this court compel the Honorable Elaine Palmer, Judge of the 215th District Court, Harris County, Texas, to set aside her August 28, 2015 order granting the supplemental motion for sanctions filed by Harris County in trial court cause number 2011-52524, styled Harris County, et al. v. S.K. Brothers, Inc., et al.
Relators are Trey Melcher and Yvonne Evie Melcher, Trustees of the Evie Melcher Non-Exempt Trust; Melcher Investments; Bill E. Lewis and Richard L. Kerr, Jr., Co-Trustees of the Lucille Birmingham Melcher Management Trust and the Leroy Melcher Marital Deduction Trust, and former Co-Trustees of the Evie Melcher Non-Exempt Trust, and as for Co-Executors of the Estate of Lucille Birmingham Melcher (collectively, the "Melchers"). --------
On May 31, 2016, relators filed an agreed motion to abate this original proceeding for at least sixty days to allow the parties to explore settlement options. The agreed motion to abate is GRANTED. Accordingly, we issue the following order:
The original proceeding is abated for a period of sixty days from the date of this order, at which time relators and real parties in interest are directed to advise the court of the status of the case. The original proceeding is treated as a closed case, and removed from this court's active docket. The original proceeding will be reinstated on this court's active docket when the parties file a motion to dismiss the original proceeding or other dispositive motion. This court will also consider an appropriate motion to reinstate the original proceeding, or the court may reinstate the original proceeding on its own motion.
It is so ORDERED.
PER CURIAM