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*0 FILED IN 4th COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 10/29/2015 2:11:07 PM KEITH E. HOTTLE Clerk *1 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. _____ In the Fourth District Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas R ICHARD F UHRMANN , C HARLES F UHRMANN , II, D EBRA G. F UHRMANN
( F / K / A D EBRA P ETTY ), AND ANEY C LARE F UHRMANN , I NDEPENDENT E XECUTOR OF THE E STATE OF C ARL I RA F UHRMANN , J R ., D ECEASED , Appellants, v.
D ABNEY N OEL P ETTY HRISTOPHER P ETTY A ND E LIZABETH P ETTY , AN M ATTHEW P ETTY S ARGENT AND F ROST ANK ,
Appellees. On Appeal from the Probate Court Number One Bexar County, Texas Cause No. 140,221 U NOPPOSED M OTION TO A BATE A PPEAL wjefferson@adjtlaw.com Rachel A. Ekery rekery@adjtlaw.com awarr@adjtlaw.com A LEXANDER D UBOSE J EFFERSON T OWNSEND LLP 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 2350 Austin, Texas 78701-3562 Facsimile: (512) 482-9303 TTORNEYS FOR A PPELLANTS *2
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 State Bar No. 00000019 wjefferson@adjtlaw.com Rachel A. Ekery State Bar No. 00787424 rekery@adjtlaw.com 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 pvargas@duncanlaw.com Michael P. Repp mrepp@duncanlaw.com D UNCAN RESSLER IU NC . 1020 N.E. Loop 410, Suite 500 San Antonio, TX 78209-1224 Facsimile: (210) 224-6958 TTORNEYS FOR A PPELLANTS *4 ERTIFICATE OF C ONFERENCE 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 *5 ERTIFICATE OF S ERVICE 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
L ANGLEY & ANACK , NC . Kortney M. Kloppe-Orton
745 East Mulberry, Suite 900
San Antonio, Texas 78212 kkloppe@pipkinoliver.com
Telephone: (210) 736-6600 P IPKIN O LIVER 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
russ@aldrichfirm.com
Serena Hanor Aldrich
serena@aldrichfirm.com LDRICH AW F IRM PLLC
909 NE Loop 410, Suite 602
San Antonio, Texas 78209
Facsimile: (210) 598-7221
Attorneys for Appellee Ian Matthew
Petty Sargent
/s/ Wallace B. Jefferson