NUECES COUNTY COURTHOUSE CHIEF JUSTICE LEOPARD, 10TH FLOOR ROGELIO VALDEZ CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 78401 361-888-0416 (TEL) JUSTICES 361-888-0794 (FAX) NELDA V. RODRIGUEZ DORI CONTRERAS GARZA HIDALGO COUNTY GINA M. BENAVIDES ADMINISTRATION BLDG.

GREGORY T. PERKES NORA L. LONGORIA Court of Appeals 100 E. CANO, 5TH FLOOR EDINBURG, TEXAS 78539 956-318-2405 (TEL) CLERK DORIAN E. RAMIREZ Thirteenth District of Texas 956-318-2403 (FAX)

January 16, 2014 Hon. John W. Johnson Creighton, Fox, Johnson & Mills P.L.L.C. P.O. Box 5607 Beaumont, TX 77726 Hon. Lance P. Bradley McPherson, Monk, Hughes, Bradley & Wimberley 3120 Central Mall Drive Port Arthur, TX 77642 Re: Cause No. 13-12-00288-CV, & 13-12-00339-CV Tr.Ct.No. 96313 Style: IN THE ESTATE OF BETTY LOU HUGHES

Enclosed please find the opinion and judgment issued by the Court on this date.

Very truly yours,

Dorian E. Ramirez, Clerk DER:ch Enc.

County Court/Jefferson Hon. Carolyn L. Guidry, County Clerk/Jefferson Hon. Olen Underwood, Presiding Judge, Second Administrative Judicial Region