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                                                                                                  04-15-00087-CV
                                                                                      FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                           SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
                                                                                             6/16/2015 3:48:26 PM
                                                                                                   KEITH HOTTLE
                                                                                                           CLERK

                                   NO. 04-15-00087-CV

                                                                FILED IN
                                                         4th COURT OF APPEALS
                        IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE   SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
                    FOURTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO
                                                         06/16/2015 3:48:26 PM
                                                             KEITH E. HOTTLE
                                                                  Clerk
                              ESTATE OF SHIRLEY L. BENSON

                             THOMAS MILTON BENSON, JR.,
                                  AS TRUSTEE OF THE
                       SHIRLEY L. BENSON TESTAMENTARY TRUST,
                                                        Appellant

                                              v.

                                       RENEE BENSON,
                                                                 Appellee

                    On Interlocutory Appeal from Probate Court No. 2,
                                   Bexar County, Texas
                           Cause Nos. 155,172 and 155,172-A

   UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLEE’S BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THIS COURT:

       Appellee Renee Benson submits this unopposed motion for extension of time to file brief,

pursuant to TRAP 10.5(b) and states as follows.

       1.     This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s “Amended Order Granting

              Injunction, Suspending Trustee and Appointing Limited Temporary Co-Receivers

              with Restrictions” signed February 18, 2015. Appellant’s Brief was filed March

              6, 2015. Several days later Appellant Thomas Milton Benson, Jr. as Trustee

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UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION
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              removed this case to federal court, automatically divesting this Court of

              jurisdiction. On March 30, 2015, in light of the removal to federal court, this

              Court decreed this appeal abated and treated for administrative purposes as a

              closed case unless and until reinstated upon issuance of a remand order from the

              federal court.

       2.     The federal court on June 9, 2015 issued an order granting Renee Benson’s

              motion to remand this case to state court. On June 12 Appellant submitted a letter

              informing this Court of such remand. Pursuant to Appellant’s letter, Appellee’s

              brief would be due 14 days later, on June 26, 2015.

       3.     Appellee requests an extension to July 10, 2015 of her due date for the filing of

              Appellee’s Brief. This request is due to several factors, including the complexity

              of the issues, and the workload and schedules of Appellees’ counsel.

       4.     There have been no extensions previously granted Appellee.

       5.     The undersigned counsel conferred with opposing counsel, David Beck, Esq.,

              concerning this request. Appellant’s counsel stated in an email that this request

              for extension will not be opposed.

       WHEREFORE, Appellee Renee Benson respectfully requests that the due date for her

Appellee’s Brief be extended to July 10, 2015.

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                                       Respectfully submitted,

 /s/ Bennett L. Stahl
Bennett L. Stahl                  Harriet O’Neill
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                           CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
      The undersigned counsel certifies that on June 15, 2015, I conferred with

David Beck, counsel for Appellant Thomas Milton Benson, Sr., as Trustee of the

Shirley L. Benson Testamentary Trust, regarding this motion for extension of time,

and he indicated that he does not oppose the relief sought in this motion.

                                                /s/ Bennett L. Stahl
                                                Bennett L. Stahl

                             CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
      On June 16, 2015, I electronically filed this Brief of Appellee with the Clerk

of the Court using the eFile.TXCourts.gov electronic filing system which will send

notification of such filing to the following:

                                          David J. Beck, Esq.
                                          Russell Post, Esq.
                                          Troy R. Ford, Esq.
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                                          tford@beckredden.com

                                                /s/ Bennett L. Stahl
                                                Bennett L. Stahl

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