in the Estate of Ona S. Petty

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: October 29, 2015
• Docket: 04-15-00668-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 04-15-00668-CV FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 10/29/2015 2:11:07 PM KEITH HOTTLE CLERK 04-15-00668-CV No. _____

FILED IN In the Fourth District Court of Appeals 4th COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS San Antonio, Texas 10/29/2015 2:11:07 PM KEITH E. HOTTLE Clerk RICHARD FUHRMANN, CHARLES FUHRMANN, II, DEBRA G. FUHRMANN (F/K/A DEBRA PETTY), AND LANEY CLARE FUHRMANN, INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF CARL IRA FUHRMANN, JR., DECEASED, Appellants,

v.

DABNEY NOEL PETTY, CHRISTOPHER PETTY AND ELIZABETH PETTY, IAN MATTHEW PETTY SARGENT, AND FROST BANK, Appellees.

On Appeal from the Probate Court Number One Bexar County, Texas Cause No. 140,221

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO ABATE APPEAL

Wallace B. Jefferson State Bar No. 00000019 wjefferson@adjtlaw.com Rachel A. Ekery State Bar No. 00787424 rekery@adjtlaw.com Amy Warr State Bar No. 00795708 awarr@adjtlaw.com ALEXANDER DUBOSE JEFFERSON & TOWNSEND LLP 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 2350 Austin, Texas 78701-3562 Telephone: (512) 482-9300 Facsimile: (512) 482-9303

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS Appellants Richard Fuhrmann, Charles Fuhrmann, II, Debra G. Fuhrmann

(f/k/a Debra Petty), and Laney Clare Fuhrmann, Independent Executor of the Estate

of Carl Ira Fuhrmann, Jr., Deceased file this motion to abate the above-styled appeal

for 60 days so they may continue to engage in settlement discussions.

The final judgment was signed on July 10, 2015, and the notice of appeal was

filed October 7, 2015. The record is due November 9, 2015, and the filing of the

record will start the parties’ briefing deadlines. Several of the parties have already

made substantial progress in reaching a settlement. An additional 60 days is needed

to finalize those terms and pursue discussions with the remaining parties. This

abatement is not sought for purposes of delay.

Accordingly, Appellants respectfully request that these proceedings be abated

for 60 days, until December 28, 2015, including suspension of all current deadlines.

If the parties reach a settlement, Appellants will immediately move to lift the

abatement and take all steps required to effectuate the settlement. If the parties do

not reach a settlement, Appellants will notify the Court promptly—in any event

before expiration of the abatement period. Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Wallace B. Jefferson Wallace B. Jefferson State Bar No. 00000019 wjefferson@adjtlaw.com Rachel A. Ekery State Bar No. 00787424 rekery@adjtlaw.com Amy Warr State Bar No. 00795708 awarr@adjtlaw.com Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 2350 Austin, Texas 78701-3562 Telephone: (512) 482-9300 Facsimile: (512) 482-9303

Patricia Rouse Vargas State Bar No. 2043029 pvargas@duncanlaw.com Michael P. Repp State Bar No. 24064104 mrepp@duncanlaw.com DUNCAN, BRESSLER & LIU, INC. 1020 N.E. Loop 410, Suite 500 San Antonio, TX 78209-1224 Telephone: (210) 224-0781 Facsimile: (210) 224-6958

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS

2 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE On October 26-28, 2015, I communicated with:

• Christopher Hodge, counsel for Appellees Dabney Noel Petty,

Christopher Petty, and Elizabeth Petty;

• Kortney Kloppe-Orton, counsel for Appellee Frost Bank; and

• Russell Aldrich, counsel for Ian Matthew Petty Sargent

concerning this motion to abate, and they stated that their clients do not oppose the

relief sought in this motion.

/s/ Amy Warr Amy Warr

3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE On October 29, 2015, I electronically filed this Unopposed Motion to Abate

Appeal with the Clerk of the Court using the eFile.TXCourts.gov electronic filing

system which will send notification of such filing to the following:

Christopher T. Hodge Marvin Pipkin State Bar No. 24037974 State Bar No. 16026600 chodge@langleybanack.com mpipkin@pipkinoliver.com LANGLEY & BANACK, INC. Kortney M. Kloppe-Orton 745 East Mulberry, Suite 900 State Bar No. 00794104 San Antonio, Texas 78212 kkloppe@pipkinoliver.com Telephone: (210) 736-6600 PIPKIN & OLIVER, L.L.P. Facsimile: (210) 735-6889 1020 NE Loop 410, #810 San Antonio, Texas 78209 Attorneys for Appellees Dabney Telephone: (210) 820-0082 Noel Petty and Christopher Petty Facsimile: (210) 820-0077 and Elizabeth Petty Attorneys for Appellee, Frost Bank Russell Aldrich State Bar No. 24078132 russ@aldrichfirm.com Serena Hanor Aldrich State Bar No. 24085169 serena@aldrichfirm.com ALDRICH LAW FIRM, PLLC 909 NE Loop 410, Suite 602 San Antonio, Texas 78209 Telephone: (210) 253-9226 Facsimile: (210) 598-7221

Attorneys for Appellee Ian Matthew Petty Sargent

/s/ Wallace B. Jefferson Wallace B. Jefferson