Opinion
No. 08-15-00304-CV
11-03-2015
ARDESHIR PARVIZ-KHYAVI, Appellant, v. ELHAM SHOJAEE-ABOLVARDI, Appellee.
Appeal from the 429 District Court of Collin County, Texas (TC# 429-55587-2014) ORDER
Pending before the Court is an agreed motion to abate the appeal in order for the parties to engage in settlement negotiations. The parties have also agreed to engage in mediation of those issues they are unable to resolve through settlement negotiations. The motion is GRANTED. Accordingly, the appeal is ordered abated for sixty (60) days from the date of this order while the parties attempt to resolve the dispute through settlement negotiations and/or mediation with the mediator agreed upon by the parties, Alma Benavides.
In the event that the parties do not proceed to mediation, the parties shall notify the Court in writing whether there has been full, partial, or no resolution of the case. This report is due to be filed with forty-eight (48) hours of the conclusion of negotiations, but no later than January 5, 2016. In the event that the parties proceed to mediation, the parties and the mediator shall file a report within forty-eight (48) hours of the conclusion of mediation advising the Court of:
• full, partial, or no resolution of the case;
• whether further negotiations are planned; and
• compensation paid to the mediator and by whom.
If no further negotiations are planned, and there is no resolution or a partial resolution of the case occurs, the parties will file a motion with this Court requesting that the Court issue an order reinstating the appeal and reestablishing the appellate timetable. In the event the dispute is fully resolved, the Court further ORDERS that the parties file a joint dispositive motion within ten (10) days of the conclusion of settlement negotiations and/or mediation.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 3 day of November, 2015.
PER CURIAM Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez and Hughes, JJ.