                                                                       FILED
                                                                       14-0949
                                                                       1/27/2015 3:07:49 PM
                                                                       tex-3916521
                                                                       SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
                                                                       BLAKE A. HAWTHORNE, CLERK

                            NO. 14-0949
 _________________________________________________________________

                      In The Supreme Court of Texas
          __________________________________________________

           IN RE LIFE PARTNERS, INC., LIFE PARTNERS
       HOLDINGS, INC., BRIAN D. PARDO, and R. SCOTT PEDEN,

                                                   Relators.
             ________________________________________________

             Original Proceeding for Writ of Mandamus to the
            191st Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas
                  Cause No. DC-11-10639 (MDL 13-0357)
__________________________________________________________________

    RELATORS’ NOTICE OF STAY BECAUSE OF BANKRUPTCY
__________________________________________________________________


TO THE HONORABLE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS:

      COMES NOW Relators Life Partners, Inc., Scott Peden, Brian Pardo, and

Life Partners Holdings, Inc. and files this Relators’ Notice of Stay Because of

Bankruptcy, thus notifying the Court that Life Partner’s Holdings, Inc. filed a

Voluntary Petition under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11

U.S.C. § 101, et seq., on January 20, 2015, in the United States Bankruptcy Court

for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division, as Case No. 15-40289-rfn-

11. A copy of the Notice of Filing of the Bankruptcy Case is attached hereto as

Exhibit A.
Respectfully submitted,

/s/G. Kevin Buchanan
Texas Bar Number 00787161
Chad T. McLain
Texas Bar Number 24083484
KEVIN BUCHANAN & ASSOCIATES, PLLC
900 Jackson Street, Suite 350
Dallas, Texas 75202
Telephone: (214) 378-9500
Facsimile: (214) 365-7220
Email: courtfilings@kevinbuchananlaw.com

      and

Charles “Chad” Baruch
Texas Bar Number 01864300
THE LAW OFFICE OF CHAD BARUCH
3201 Main Street
Rowlett, Texas 75088
Telephone: (972) 412-7192
Facsimile: (972) 412-4028
Email: baruchesq@aol.com

Counsel for Relators
                             Certificate of Service

      The undersigned counsel of record certifies that a true copy of this
instrument was served in accordance with Rule 9.5 of the Texas Rules of Appellate
Procedure on each party or that party’s lead counsel on January 27, 2015, as
follows:

James Craig Orr Jr.
HEYGOOD, ORR & PEARSON
2331 West Northwest Highway, Second Floor
Dallas, Texas 75220
By email to jim@hop-law.com and by United States mail

Mark W. Allan
1527 West State Highway 114, Suite 500
Grapevine, Texas 76051
By email to mallan@allanfirm.com and by United States mail

The Honorable Gena Slaughter
Judge, 191st Judicial District Court
600 Commerce Street, Seventh Floor
Dallas, Texas 75202
By United States mail

                                       /s/G. Kevin Buchanan
                                       Attorney for Relators
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