in Re Chad Schaefer ( 2022 )

NUMBER 13-22-00539-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
IN RE CHAD SCHAEFER
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
ORDER
Before Justices Longoria, Hinojosa, and Silva
Order Per Curiam
On November 4, 2022, relator Chad Schaefer filed a petition for writ of mandamus
and a motion for emergency stay. By petition for writ of mandamus, relator contends that
the trial court erred by ordering relator to pay appellate attorney’s fees which are not
conditioned on the outcome of an appeal and to pay the fees before the appeal has been
resolved. By motion for emergency stay, relator seeks to stay the trial court’s November
1, 2022 temporary order requiring him to pay the attorney’s fees.
The Court, having examined and fully considered the motion for emergency stay,
is of the opinion that it should be granted as stated herein. Accordingly, we grant the
motion for emergency stay and we order the trial court’s November 1, 2022 temporary
order to be stayed, in part, as to the attorney’s fees provision requiring relator to pay
attorney’s fees before 5:00 p.m. on November 7, 2022, by delivery of a cashier’s check.
See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.10(b) (“Unless vacated or modified, an order granting temporary
relief is effective until the case is finally decided.”). All other provisions of the trial court’s
November 1, 2022, will remain in effect pending resolution of this original proceeding.
We request the real party in interest, Amber Lynn Schaefer, or any others whose
interest would be directly affected by the relief sought, to file a response to the petition for
writ of mandamus on or before the expiration of ten days from the date of this order. See
id. R. 52.2, 52.4, 52.8.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed on the
7th day of November, 2022.
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