Abatement Order filed August 27, 2013




                                      In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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                              NO. 14-13-00707-CV
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                       DON E. KILPATRICK, Appellant

                                        V.

                     ADRIANA POTOCZNIAK, Appellee


                 On Appeal from the Co Civil Ct at Law No 4
                           Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 1033021

                            ABATEMENT ORDER

      Notice was filed on August 23, 2013 that appellant is in bankruptcy. Tex. R.
App. P. 8.1. According to the notice, on February 21, 2013, Donald E. Kilpatrick
petitioned for voluntary bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy
Court for the Southern District of Texas under case number 13-30974.              A
bankruptcy suspends the appeal from the date when the bankruptcy petition is filed
until the appellate court reinstates the appeal in accordance with federal law. Tex.
R. App. P. 8.2. Accordingly, we ORDER the appeal abated.
      When a case has been suspended by a bankruptcy filing, a party may move
the appellate court to reinstate the appeal if permitted by federal law or the
bankruptcy court. Tex. R. App. P. 8.3. If the bankruptcy court has lifted or
terminated the stay, a certified copy of the order must be attached to the motion. Id.
A party filing a motion to reinstate shall specify what further action, if any, is
required from this court when the appeal is reinstated. See Tex. R. App. P. 10.1(a).

      For administrative purposes only, and without surrendering jurisdiction, the
appeal is abated and treated as a closed case until further order of this court.



                                    PER CURIAM
