Order entered October 11, 2016
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-16-00241-CV
DAVID RAY BARNES, Appellant
V.
JENNIFER BARNES, Appellee
On Appeal from the 301st Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-11-11126
ORDER
We GRANT appellant’s motion to abate and remand for entry of findings of fact and
conclusions of law. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 296, 297. We ORDER the Honorable Mary Brown,
Presiding Judge of the 301st Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas to make findings of
fact and conclusions of law in accordance with Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 297 within twenty
(20) days of the date of this order. The findings of fact and conclusions of law shall be filed in a
supplemental clerk’s record with this Court within twenty-five (25) days of the date of this order.
We DIRECT the Clerk of this Court to send a copy of this order by electronic
transmission to Judge Brown, Dallas County District Clerk Felicia Pitre, and all counsel of
record.
We ABATE the appeal to allow the trial court to comply with this order. The appeal will
be reinstated thirty (30) days from the date of this order or when the Court receives the findings
of fact and conclusions of law, whichever occurs sooner.
/s/ CRAIG STODDART
JUSTICE