Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-09-17 03:53:03.292235+00
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                     NO. 03-15-00107-CV
                                     NO. 03-15-00270-CV

                       Suzanna Eckchum a/k/a Susan Eckhert, Appellant

                                                v.

               The State of Texas for the Protection of Hal Ketchum, Appellee

           FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 OF COMAL COUNTY
     NO. C2014-1690C, HONORABLE CHARLES A. STEPHENS II, JUDGE PRESIDING

                            MEMORANDUM OPINION

               Suzanna Eckchum a/k/a Susan Eckhert filed an unopposed motion to consolidate

her two appeals in the above-referenced causes. In cause number 03-15-00107-CV, Eckchum

appealed the trial court’s entry of a “Stalking Protective Order” against her, and in cause number

03-15-00270-CV, Eckchum appealed the trial court’s entry of an “Amended Stalking Protective

Order” protecting the same victim and members of his family or household. We previously abated

Eckchum’s appeal in cause number 03-15-00107-CV for a hearing on a challenge to Eckchum’s

affidavit of indigence, and the issue of her indigence has been resolved. See Eckchum v. State,

No. 03-15-00107-CV, 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 2400, at *2 (Tex. App.—Austin Mar. 13, 2015,

no pet.) (mem. op.).

               We reinstate the abated appeal in cause number 03-15-00107-CV, grant Eckchum’s

motion, and consolidate her appeals. The record and all filings from cause number 03-15-00107-CV
are consolidated into cause number 03-15-00270-CV. The consolidated appeal will proceed under

cause number 03-15-00270-CV, and cause number 03-15-00107-CV is dismissed. See Coburn

v. Moreland, Nos. 03-12-00662-CV & 03-12-00709-CV, 2013 Tex. App. LEXIS 1804, at *1

(Tex. App.—Austin Feb. 26, 2013, no pet.) (mem. op.) (following similar consolidation and

dismissal procedure). Briefing will proceed in accordance with the Texas Rules of Appellate

Procedure.

                                           __________________________________________

                                           Jeff Rose, Chief Justice

Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Goodwin and Field

03-15-00107-CV        Dismissed

03-15-00270-CV        Consolidated

Filed: May 21, 2015

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