Lashonda Smith v. Roy Gonzalez, III

Opinion

Order entered September 22, 2022

In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

No. 05-22-00771-CV

LASHONDA SMITH, Appellant

V.

ROY GONZALEZ, III, Appellee

On Appeal from the 192nd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC-16-11456

ORDER

This appeal was abated September 12, 2022 due to bankruptcy. Asserting

the stay has been lifted by the Bankruptcy Court, appellant has filed an unopposed

motion to reinstate the appeal and for extension of time to pay for the record.

Attached to the motion is a copy of an order from the Bankruptcy Court granting

the parties’ motion to approve their agreement to lift the stay “to permit [appellant]

to liquidate her claims against [appellee] to finality in the State Court . . . or any

court of appropriate jurisdiction.” See TEX. R. APP. P. 8.3.(a). We GRANT the motion, REINSTATE the appeal, and ORDER appellant

to file written verification of payment for the record no later than October 7, 2022.

/s/ ROBERT D. BURNS, III CHIEF JUSTICE