IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-16-00018-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF L.G.H., A CHILD
From the 378th District Court
Ellis County, Texas
Trial Court No. 76,737-D
ABATEMENT ORDER
Appellant has complained of the trial court's failure to enter findings of fact and
conclusions of law pursuant to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 296. These findings are
mandatory upon proper request, including a notice of past due findings of fact and
conclusions of law. TEX. R. CIV. P. 297. Appellee does not dispute that the findings and
conclusions have not been made. Therefore, we will abate this appeal and remand this
case to the trial court for the trial court to make the required findings and conclusions.
The trial court's written findings shall be forwarded to the Clerk in a supplemental clerk's
record within thirty days of the date of this order.
PER CURIAM
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Judge Ellis1
Appeal abated
Order delivered and filed December 14, 2016
1Hon. William Stephen Ellis, Judge of the 35th District Court of Brown and Mills Counties, sitting by
assignment of the Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court pursuant to section 74.003(h) of the
Government Code. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 74.003(h) (West 2013).
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