COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON ORDER OF CONTINUING ABATEMENT Appellate case name: In the matter of J. J. H. Appellate case number: 01-17-00188-CV Trial court case number: 12-CJV-017462 Trial court: County Court at Law No 4 of Fort Bend County This Court’s November 16, 2017 Order of Abatement had abated and remanded this case for the county court, then listed in this Court’s records as the Honorable R.H. Bielstein, to conduct a late-brief hearing. On January 9, 2018, the county clerk filed a letter in this Court stating that there was no supplemental clerk’s record because no hearing had been held. According to the county clerk’s website, the Honorable Jerry W. Bussell is now the county court judge.1 Accordingly, the Court sua sponte continues to ABATE the appeal, and REMANDS for the county court, Judge Bussell, to hold a hearing to appoint new counsel, or to enter findings and conclusions, if needed, within 20 days of the date of this Order. See TEX. R. APP. P. 7.2(a) (stating that when a public officer “ceases to hold office before the appeal . . . is finally disposed of, the public officer’s successor is automatically substituted. . . .”), (b) (“In all other [non-original proceeding] cases, the suit will not abate, and the successor will be bound by the appellate court’s judgment or order as if the successor were the original party”). The Clerk of this Court is directed to add Judge Bussell and to remove Judge Bielstein, if not done so already. We further order the county clerk to file a supplemental clerk’s record, and the court reporter to file the supplemental reporter’s record, if any, within 30 days of the date of this Order. This appeal remains abated, treated as a closed case, and removed from this Court’s active docket. The appeal will be reinstated on this Court’s active docket when the supplemental clerk’s record and the supplemental reporter’s record, if any, are filed with this Court. 1 Judge Bussell was appointed interim judge in April 2017, following the passing of Judge Bielstein, who had signed the order on appeal on March 6, 2017. It is so ORDERED. Judge’s signature: /s/ Laura C. Higley Acting individually Acting for the Court Date: January 11, 2018