IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-21-00167-CV
IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE OF
JAMES VAUGHN IV AND AMBER VAUGHN
From the 369th District Court
Leon County, Texas
Trial Court No. CV20-0222
SECOND ABATEMENT ORDER
On September 29, 2021, we abated this cause to the trial court and ordered the trial
court to conduct an evidentiary hearing on Appellant James Vaughn IV’s Motion to
Disqualify Opposing Counsel and to thereafter make findings of fact and conclusions of
law. The trial court did so, and we have received the supplemental reporter’s record of
the hearing and the supplemental clerk’s record containing the trial court’s findings of
fact and conclusions of law. This appeal is therefore reinstated.
Having reviewed the supplemental clerk’s and reporter’s records, we again abate
this cause to the trial court. The trial court is ORDERED to conduct another evidentiary
hearing to further develop the record with regard to any potential phone
communications between Appellant, James Vaughn IV, and Appellee’s counsel, Amy
Ward, or her office.
The trial court is ORDERED to give no less than 10 days’ notice of the hearing by
U.S. mail to Appellant, James Vaughn IV, and to Appellee’s counsel, Amy Ward. The
trial court is further ORDERED to conduct the hearing within 45 days of the date of this
Order.
The court reporter is ORDERED to file a supplemental reporter’s record of the
hearing within 60 days of the date of this Order.
PER CURIAM
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Johnson, and
Justice Smith
Order issued and filed November 5, 2021
RWR
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