DocketNumber： 14-17-00972-CV
Filed Date： 1/11/2018
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 1/15/2018
Abatement Order filed January 11, 2018. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals ____________ NO. 14-17-00972-CV ____________ MARIA H. MARTINEZ, Appellant V. MIGUEL A. ROMERO AND OLGA LIDIA MARTINEZ, Appellees On Appeal from the 164th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2015-50691 ABATEMENT ORDER Notice was filed on January 5, 2018 that appellant’s spouse is in bankruptcy. Tex. R. App. P. 8.1. According to the notice, on December 16, 2017, Angel Martinez petitioned for voluntary bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas under case number 17-36735- H4. A bankruptcy suspends the appeal from the date when the bankruptcy petition is filed until the appellate court reinstates the appeal in accordance with federal law. Tex. R. App. P. 8.2. Accordingly, we ORDER the appeal abated. When a case has been suspended by a bankruptcy filing, a party may move the appellate court to reinstate the appeal if permitted by federal law or the bankruptcy court. Tex. R. App. P. 8.3. If the bankruptcy court has lifted or terminated the stay, a certified copy of the order must be attached to the motion.Id. A party
filing a motion to reinstate shall specify what further action, if any, is required from this court when the appeal is reinstated. See Tex. R. App. P. 10.1(a). For administrative purposes only, and without surrendering jurisdiction, the appeal is abated and treated as a closed case until further order of this court. PER CURIAM