Gordon Dean Haley, Anton Scott Haley, Gordon Dean Haley as Independent Co-Executor of the Estate of Margaret L. Haley, and Anton Scott Haley as Independent Co-Executor of the Estate of Margaret L. Haley v. Beneficial Financial I Inc., Successor by Merger to Beneficial Texas, Inc. ( 2019 )

NUMBER 13-18-00058-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
GORDON DEAN HALEY AND ANTON SCOTT
HALEY, INDEPENDENTLY AND AS
INDEPENDENT CO-EXECUTORS OF
THE ESTATE OF MARGARET L. HALEY, Appellants,
v.
BENEFICIAL FINANCIAL I INC., SUCCESSOR
BY MERGER TO BENEFICIAL TEXAS, INC., Appellee.
On appeal from the 94th District Court
of Nueces County, Texas.
ORDER
Before Justices Benavides, Hinojosa, and Perkes
Order Per Curiam
On September 13, 2019, appellants Anton Scott Haley and Gordon Dean Haley
filed notices of bankruptcy in this appeal. According to the notices, appellants filed
bankruptcy petitions on August 5, 2019, and August 6, 2019, respectively, 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, this 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 the
24th day of September, 2019.
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