Court Opinion

ID: 9404107
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Date Created: 2023-06-22 07:10:13.642048+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:20:11.554648
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In The
                                  Court of Appeals
                         Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

                                          No. 07-23-00177-CV

                           CRAIGE KEVIN HOWLETT, APPELLANT

                                                    V.

                                CORINNE HOWLETT, APPELLEE

                             On Appeal from the 200th District Court
                                      Travis County, Texas
                Trial Court No. D-1-FM-21-004849, Honorable Jan Soifer, Presiding

                                            June 15, 2023
                                  ORDER OF ABATEMENT
                         Before QUINN, C.J., and PARKER and DOSS, JJ.

        Appellant, Craige Kevin Howlett, appeals from the trial court’s Final Decree of

Divorce.1 On June 9, 2023, Appellant filed a notice of bankruptcy, informing the Court

that he has filed a bankruptcy petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the

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        Originally appealed to the Third Court of Appeals, this appeal was transferred to this Court by the
Texas Supreme Court pursuant to its docket equalization efforts. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001.
Western District of Texas on May 30.        See TEX. R. APP. P. 8.1.       The bankruptcy

proceeding is styled In re Craige Kevin Howlett, case number 23-10370-smr.

       Pursuant to Rule of Appellate Procedure 8.2, we abate the appeal and suspend all

appellate deadlines, including Appellant’s current briefing deadline, until further order of

this Court. The parties may file a motion to reinstate or sever the appeal if permitted by

federal law or the bankruptcy court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 8.3. The parties shall promptly

inform this Court of the resolution of the bankruptcy proceeding or any other event

authorizing reinstatement of the appeal.

       It is so ordered.

                                                        Per Curiam

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