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McKeithan v. Condit

COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
Jul 13, 2016
NUMBER 13-16-00348-CV (Tex. App. Jul. 13, 2016)

Opinion

NUMBER 13-16-00348-CV

07-13-2016

MARILYN MCKEITHAN, Appellant, v. BRADFORD CONDIT, Appellee.


On Appeal from the 117th District Court of Nueces County, Texas.

ORDER

Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza and Longoria
OrderPer Curiam

On July 5, 2016, appellant, Marilyn McKeithan, filed a notice of bankruptcy in this appeal. According to the notice, appellant filed a bankruptcy petition on July 4, 2016, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division.

Upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition, an automatic stay becomes effective which prohibits the commencement or continuation of any judicial action or proceeding against the debtor and any property within the debtor's bankruptcy estate. See 11 U.S.C.A. ' 362(a). Pursuant to Rule 8.2 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, the appeal is suspended. See TEX. R. APP. P. 8.2.

Accordingly, this appeal is ABATED until further order of this Court. Any documents filed subsequent to the bankruptcy petition will remain pending until the appeal is reinstated. The parties are directed to take such action as is appropriate to advise the Court of any change in the status of the bankruptcy proceeding which would affect the status of this appeal, including but not limited to, the filing of a motion to reinstate pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 8.3. See id. 8.3.

PER CURIAM Delivered and filed this the 13th day of July, 2016.


Summaries of

McKeithan v. Condit

COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
Jul 13, 2016
NUMBER 13-16-00348-CV (Tex. App. Jul. 13, 2016)
Case details for

McKeithan v. Condit

Case Details

Full title:MARILYN MCKEITHAN, Appellant, v. BRADFORD CONDIT, Appellee.

Court:COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

Date published: Jul 13, 2016

Citations

NUMBER 13-16-00348-CV (Tex. App. Jul. 13, 2016)