Opinion
NUMBER 13-16-00247-CV
05-19-2016
VOSS ENGINEERING, INC. AND RONALD A. VOSS, Appellants, v. MICHELLE BAUER AND JAVIER ALONSO, Appellees.
On Appeal from the 94th District Court of Nueces County, Texas. ORDER ABATING APPEAL Before Justices Benavides, Perkes, and Longoria
Order Per Curiam
This cause is before the Court on the clerk's request for extension of time to file the record. The request states that "[t]he file for this case has been misplaced, & I am not able to complete this record."
This situation requires us to effectuate our responsibility to avoid further delay and to preserve the parties' rights. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(a)(1). This appeal is ABATED and the cause REMANDED to the trial court.
Upon remand, the judge of the trial court shall immediately cause notice to be given and conduct a hearing to determine if the clerk's record, or any part thereof, has been lost or destroyed, and shall make appropriate findings under Tex. R. App. P. 34.5(e), if necessary. Otherwise, the court shall determine what steps are necessary to ensure the prompt preparation of a complete clerk's record, and shall enter any orders required to avoid further delay and to preserve the parties' rights. If a filing designated for inclusion in the clerk's record has been lost or destroyed and the parties cannot agree, by written stipulation, for a copy of that item to be included in a supplemental record, the trial court shall determine what constitutes an accurate copy of the missing item and order it to be included in the clerk's record or a supplement.
The trial court shall prepare and file its findings and orders and cause them to be included in a supplemental clerk's record which should be submitted to the Clerk of this Court within thirty days from the date of this order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
PER CURIAM Delivered and filed the 19th day of May, 2016.