Order filed December 9, 2010

                                                                       In The

  Eleventh Court of Appeals

                                                                   __________

                                                         No. 11-10-00319-CV

                                                    __________

                               MONIKA ROSE WELCH, Appellant

                                                             V.

                          CHRISTOPHER PAUL WELCH, Appellee

                                  On Appeal from the County Court at Law

                                                           Brown County, Texas

                                                 Trial Court Cause No. DV1004108

                                                                     O R D E R

            Appellee, Christopher Paul Welch, has filed a motion for stay of proceedings.  Appellee filed for divorce and obtained a no-answer default judgment after appellant was served in North Carolina.  Appellee has since been deployed and requests that this appeal be stayed until June 2011 pursuant to 50 App. U.S.C. § 522 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.  Section 522 does not apply in this appeal because it authorizes a stay “before final judgment” only and because appellee’s inability to appear does not affect this appeal. 

The motion is denied.

December 9, 2010                                                                               PER CURIAM

Panel consists of:  Wright, C.J.,

McCall, J., and Strange, J.