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### www.TXCOURTS.GOV/4THCOA.ASPX**Re: Court** **of Appeals** **Number: 04-14-00785-CV** **Trial Court** **Case Number:** **2011-CI-15957 Mary** **Ann Castro** **v. Manuel** **Castro To:** **Honorable Justices** **of Fourth** **Court of** **Appeals: My** **name is** **Manuel G.** **Castro the** **Appellee. hired** **attorney**

### Joseph**Appelt to** **file my** **divorce from** **Mary Ann** **Castro for** **irreconcilable differences.** **Mr. Appelt** **represented me** 

### throughout**all divorce** **proceedings. My** **divorce was** **filed on** **September 30,** **2011. Cause** **No. 2011-CI-15957.** **Our marriage** **was in** **distress due** **to financial** **debt, we** 

### were**living beyond** **our means.** **There was** **no respect,** **no trust,** **and no** **intimacy. On** **July 3,** **2011, was** **locked out** **of our** **home because** **Mary Ann** **had the** **locks changed.** **left with** **bag of** **clothes, and** **very little** **money. went** **to stay** **with my** **sister Leila** **Silva, and** **her husband** **Rey Silva.** **was employed** **with Johnson** **Controls. Working** **eight to** **ten hours** **daily, six** **days weekly.** **In January** **2012, was** **laid off** **due to** **downsizing. remained** **unemployed until** **May 2012,** **when was** **hired as** **welder with** **Kiewet Mining Company.** **During this** **separation, went** **through full** **discovery. The** **court also** **provided mediator** **to help** **us with** **our differences** **in dividing** **our assets.** **This was** **to no** **avail**

### because**Mary Ann** **insisted on** **keeping everything.** **This**

### included**our two** **rental properties,** **manufactured home,** **and our** **primary home.** **All vehicles,** **all tools,** **lawnmowers, all** **furniture, appliances,** **everything in** **our home.** 

### Throughout**our marriage** **Mary Ann** **worked at** **several places of** **employment. She** **was employed** **with the** **City of** **San Antonio** **for ten** **years. She** **also went** **through some** **medical problems,** **but attended** **college at** **Palo Alto** 

### College,**and Texas** **A&M. She** **graduated with** **degree in** **Criminal Justice.** **Mary Ann** **managed our** **finances. She** **collected the** **rental payments** **for all** **three properties.** **She was** **responsible of** **paying the** **mortgages, all** **our bills,** **etc. Although,** **she**

### collected**the monies** **for these** **properties, she** **did not** **make the** **mortgage payments.** **Consequently, our** **rental homes** **were foreclosed** **in 2012.** **filed for** **Chapter 13** **Bankruptcy Case** **No. 12-52696-G** **to protect** **our primary** **home located** **at 1501** **Olive, Jourdanton,** **Texas 78026,** **from foreclosure.** **Attorney Mr.** **Joseph Shulter** **with the** **Davis Law** **Firm, represented** **me with** **the bankruptcy.** **On October** **30, 2013,** **we came** **to an** **agreement for** **divorce. (See** **attachment) We** **were both** **represented by our** **respective attorneys.** **Mr. Joseph** **Appelt represented** **me, and** **Ms. Maria** **Dinorah Diaz** **represented Mary** **Ann. The** **Honorable Judge** **David**

### Canales**of the** **45th District** **Clerk signed** **the agreement.** **lift of** **stay for** **divorce was** **filed and** **approved on** **June 4,** **2014. (See** **attachment)**

### final**decree for** **divorce was** **signed on** **October 3,** **2014, by** 

### the**Honorable Judge** **Janet Littlejohn** **of the** **45th District** **Court.**

### Honorable**Justices of** **Fourth Court** **of Appeals,** **my prayer** 

### is**that this** **divorce be** **accepted. It** **has been** **years since** **filed for** **divorce. This** **process has** **been very** **stressful, painful,** **time consuming,** **and extremely** **costly. want** **to move** **on with** **my life.** **do not** **want to** **be slave** **to debt** **any longer.** **want to** **live within** **my means.** **Most of** **all, want** **to live** **in peace.** **Respectfully, Manuel** **G. Castro-Appellee** **PO Box** **47776 San** **Antonio, TX** **78265 (830)** **570-5885**