Mary Sue Klein, Individually and as Trustee of the Mary Sue GST Exempt Trust, and Jana Beth Johnson, Individually and as Trustee of the Jana Beth GST Exempt Trust v. Jennifer Kay Klein, as Trustee of the Jennifer GST Exempt Trust

Opinion

In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo ________________________

No. 07-20-00304-CV ________________________

MARY SUE KLEIN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE MARY SUE GST EXEMPT TRUST, AND JANA BETH JOHNSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE JANA BETH GST EXEMPT TRUST, APPELLANTS

V.

JENNIFER KAY KLEIN, AS TRUSTEE OF THE JENNIFER GST EXEMPT TRUST, APPELLEE

On Appeal from the 353rd District Court Travis County, Texas Trial Court No. D-1-GN-20-001392; Honorable Maya Guerra Gamble, Presiding

December 9, 2020

ORDER OF ABATEMENT Before QUINN, C.J., and PIRTLE and DOSS, JJ.

Pending before this court is the parties’ Joint Motion to Abate Appeal Pending

Mediation, requesting that we abate this appeal until March 8, 2021, to allow the parties

to participate in mediation in an effort to resolve the litigation. To expedite the possible

disposition of this appeal and in the interest of conservation of judicial resources, we grant the motion and abate the appeal. All appellate deadlines, including the pending deadline

to file Appellants’ brief, are suspended. The case will be removed from our active docket

and treated as a suspended case until further order of this court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 2,

43.6; Mesa Water, L.P. v. Tex. Water Dev. Bd., No. 07-11-00153-CV, 2011 Tex. App.

LEXIS 5311, at *2-3 (Tex. App.—Amarillo July 13, 2011, order) (per curiam) (doing same).

Appellants are directed to advise the court of the status of mediation, in writing, by March

8, 2021. Failure to do so may result in the dismissal of this appeal pursuant to Rule of

Appellate Procedure 42.3(c).

It is so ordered.

Per Curiam