Opinion
14-21-00139-CV
01-20-2022
JOSEPH EMANUEL MURGOLA, Appellant v. KIMBERLY ANN BLYTHE, Appellee
On Appeal from the 507th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2019-12994
Panel Consists of Justices Bourliot, Zimmerer, and Spain.
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant Joseph Emanuel Murgola filed a motion to review the trial court's temporary orders. See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 6.709(1)(1). A response was requested but none has been filed. Prior to our ruling on that motion, appellant filed a motion for emergency stay of the trial court's order clarifying those temporary orders.
In the first motion, appellant challenges the following provisions of the trial court's order signed February13, 2021:
e. IT IS ORDERED that Petitioner, Joseph Murgola, shall post a supersedeas cash bond of $400, 00.00 to cover the above referenced frozen funds.
f. IT IS ORDERED that Petitioner, Joseph Murgola, pay (via cashier's check or money order) to Respondent's attorney . . . $10,000.00 in attorney fees by 5:00 p.m. on February 26, 2021.
The motion is granted in part. Subsection (f) of the trial court's order to pay attorney's fees is stayed until the mandate issues in this case. See Messier v. Messier, 458 S.W.3d 155, 170 (Tex. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 2015, no pet.) (citing In re Ford Motor Co., 988 S.W.2d 714, 721 (Tex. 1998); Watts v. Oliver, 396 S.W.3d 124, 135 n.3 (Tex. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 2013, no pet.)).
The remainder of the motion, regarding subsection (e) of the trial court's order, is denied.