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Case Information

Filed 2024-01-02
Status Filed/Open
Type Trusts
Docket 83 entries
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Judge

Hon. Sullivan Kimberly

Galveston County

Texas

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Docket Entries

  1. Bench Trial (9:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Sullivan, Kimberly)
  2. Original Petition for Declaratory Judgment (New Case) (OCA)
  3. Waiver Of Citation/Notice and Entry of Appearance
  4. Original Answer of Sarah & Haden
  5. Waiver Of Citation/Notice and Entry of Appearance of Edna Myrick Archer
  6. Waiver Of Citation/Notice Elizabeth Moody
  7. Waiver Of Citation/Notice Robert L. Moody, Jr.
  8. Original Answer of Frances Ann Moody-Dahlberg
  9. Original Answer and Counterclaims of Ross Moody
  10. Waiver Of Citation/Notice and Entry of Appearance of Janice Moody
  11. Original Answer of Russell Moody
  12. Original Answer of David B.T. Myrick, Jr.
  13. Original Answer of Respondent Margaret Walker
  14. Original Answer of Edna Archer
  15. Original Answer of Respondent Libbie Thompson Walker Ansell
  16. Original Answer - Linda Moody
  17. Check Status (2:00 PM) (Judicial Officer Sullivan, Kimberly) Result: Held
  18. Notice Of Appearance Appearance of Additional Counsel
  19. Correspondence Scheduling Order
  20. Proposed Order Intereim Scheduling Order Version 2
  21. Objections Beneficiaries' Objection to Interim Scheduling Order (Version 2) Proposed by Linda Moody and Request for Entry of Interim Scheduling Order (Version 1)
  22. Report Initial Disclosures of Frances Ann Moody-Dahlberg pursuant to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 194.2
  23. Response in Support of Beneficiaries' Objection to Interim Scheduling Older (Version 2) Proposed By Linda Moody and Request for Entry of Interim Scheduling Order (Version 1)
  24. Report Margaret Williams Walker & Libbie Thompson Walker Andell's Initial Disclosures
  25. Order Scheduling (Version 1) *E-served 7/23/2024
  26. Vacation Letter August 6, 2024 - August 16, 2024
  27. Motion Archer Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
  28. Motion For Summary Judgment Margaret Williams Walker and Libbie Thompson Walker Ansell's Traditional Motion for Summary Judgment
  29. Motion For Partial Judgment of Haden Moody Beardsley and Sarah Kathryn Dietzmann Pacheco
  30. Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Ross Moody, Russell Moody, and Frances Ann Moody-Dahlberg's Joint Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
  31. Proposed Order Granting Joint Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
  32. Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Linda Moody's Traditional Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
  33. Response Ross Moody, Russell Moody, and Frances Ann Moody-Dahlberg's Response to Beardsley, Archer, Walker, and L. Moody Motions for Partial Summary Judgment
  34. Response to Linda Moody's Traditional Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
  35. Response to Linda Moody's Traditional Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, and to Ross Moody, Russell Moody, and Frances Ann Moody-Dahlberg's Joint Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
  36. Response Linda Moody's Response to Haden Moody Beardsley, Sarah Kathryn Dietzman Pacheco, Ross Moody, Russell Moody, Frances Ann Moody Dahlberg, Margaret Williams Walker, Libbie Thompson Walker Ansell, and Edna Myrick Archer's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
  37. Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Reply in Support of their Joint Motion
  38. Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Joinder in and Adoption of the Arguments and Authorities Supporting the Motion for Partial Summary Judgment of Haden Moody Beardsley and Sarah Kathryn Dietzmann Pacheco
  39. Response in support of their motion for partial summary judgement
  40. Response to Linda Moody's Response to Haden Moody Beardsley, Sarah Kathryn Dietzman Pacheco, Ross Moody, Russell Moody, Frances Ann Moody Dahlberg, Margaret Williams Walker, Libbie Thompson Walker Ansell, and Edna Myrick Archer's Motions for Partial Summary Judgment
  41. Motion for Summary Judgment (1:30 PM) (Judicial Officer Sullivan, Kimberly) Edna Myrick Archer's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment filed by Van H. Archer 9/12/2024 Result: Held
  42. Motion for Summary Judgment (1:31 PM) (Judicial Officer Sullivan, Kimberly) Motion for Partial Summary Judgment of Haden Moody Beardsley and Sarah Kathryn Dietzmann Pacheco filed by Charles O. Grigson 9/13/2024 Result: Held
  43. Motion for Summary Judgment (1:32 PM) (Judicial Officer Sullivan, Kimberly) Margaret Williams Walker and Libbie Thompson Walker Ansell's Traditional Motion for Summary Judgment filed by Michael J. Galligan 9/13/2024 Result: Held
  44. Motion for Summary Judgment (1:33 PM) (Judicial Officer Sullivan, Kimberly) Linda Moody's Traditional Motion for Partial Summary Judgment filed by Sarah Patel Pacheco 9/17/2024 Result: Held
  45. Motion for Summary Judgment (1:34 PM) (Judicial Officer Sullivan, Kimberly) Ross Moody, Russell Moody, and Frances Ann Moody-Dahlberg's Joint Motion for Partial Summary Judgment filed by Stacey Neumann Vu, Lora G. Davis and Philip H. Roberts 9/17/2024 Result: Held
  46. Proposed Order Granting Edna Myrick Archer's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
  47. Hearing (9:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Sullivan, Kimberly) continued from 11/21 Result: Held
  48. Order Partial Summary Judgment Granting Motions for Partial Summary Judgment of Edna Myrick Archer, David B. T. Myrick, Jr., Haden Moody Beardsley, Sarah Kathryn Dietzmann Pacheco, Margaret Williams Walker, and Libbie Thompson Walker Ansell
  49. Order Denying Joint Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
  50. Order Denying Linda Moody's Traditional Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
  51. Notice Of Appearance of Counsel
  52. Notice Of Hearing /Status Conference
  53. Status Conference Hearing (10:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Sullivan, Kimberly) to enter DCO
  54. Docket Control Order
  55. Designation Of Expert Witnesses Edna Archer's Supplemental Responses to Request for Disclosure
  56. Designation Of Expert Witnesses Amended Disclosures and Expert Disclosure of Frances Ann Moody- Dahlberg
  57. Designation Of Expert Witnesses - Russell Moody
  58. Designation Of Expert Witnesses - Petitioner Moody National Bank
  59. Designation Of Expert Witnesses - David B.T. Myrick Jr.
  60. Designation Of Expert Witnesses - Margaret Walker and Libbie Ansell
  61. Designation Of Expert Witnesses - Margaret Walker and Libbie Ansell
  62. Vacation Letter
  63. Motion To Sever its Request for Release and Discharge and For an Order that the Trustee Not Distribute Funds that could Require Recall of Assets
  64. Proposed Order Granting Motion to Sever
  65. Motion to Withdraw as Attorney - Cullen McDonald
  66. Response to Motion to Sever its Request for Release and Discharge and For an Order that the Trustee Not Distribute Funds That Could Require Recall of Assets
  67. Proposed Order Granting Motion to Sever Request for Release and Discharge and Prohibiting Trustee Distributing Any Funds That Could Require Recall of Assets
  68. Response to Moody National Bank's Motion to Sever
  69. Joinder in and Adoption of Linda Moody's Response to Petitioner's Motion to Sever
  70. Joinder in and Adoption of Linda Moody's Response to Petitioner Moody National Bank's Motion to Sever
  71. Order to Withdraw as Attorney
  72. Response to Linda Moody's Response to Petitioner Moody National Bank's Motion to Sever - Ross Moody, Russell Moody, and Frances Ann Moody-Dahlberg's
  73. Notice Of Hearing
  74. Notice Of Hearing
  75. Vacation Letter
  76. Hearing (9:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Sullivan, Kimberly) Motion to Sever 10/07/2025 Reset by Court to 11/04/2025
  77. Hearing (10:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Sullivan, Kimberly) Motion for Instructions (No One Filed Yet) 10/07/2025 Reset by Court to 11/04/2025
  78. Supplement - Declaration of Stacey Neumann Vu
  79. Motion To Withdraw
  80. Supplement - Declaration of Stacey Neumann Vu
  81. Motion for Interpleader
  82. Proposed Order Granting Motion for Interpleader
  83. Bench Trial (9:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Sullivan, Kimberly)

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