Court Opinion

ID: 9351627
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Date Created: 2023-01-02 10:07:42.174021+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:01:14.896459
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COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
                             FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON

                                               ORDER

Appellate case name:       Seth Douglas v. Christyl L. Douglas

Appellate case number:     01-22-00568-CV

Trial court case number: 2014-56152

Trial court:               310th District Court of Harris County

        Appellee, Christyl L. Douglas, has filed a motion to abate or stay the current appeal
(including the filing of appellee’s brief) until appellant, Seth Douglas, pays $15,000 in appellate
attorneys’ fees ordered by the trial court. Appellee asserts that the trial court ordered the payment
of attorneys’ fees by October 10, 2022, and that appellant’s failure to pay the ordered fees inhibits
her ability to file her brief in this appeal.
        Appellee’s motion to abate or stay the appeal is denied because enforcement of the ordered
payment of attorneys’ fees is properly raised and considered in the trial court. If appellee requires
additional time to file her brief due to seeking enforcement in the trial court, then appellee may
file a motion in this Court requesting a reasonable extension of the deadline to file appellee’s brief.
       It is so ORDERED.

Judge’s signature: ____/s/ Sarah B. Landau______
                                Acting individually

Date: ___December 29, 2022_____