ACCEPTED 04-15-00153-CV FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 4/27/2015 10:30:28 PM KEITH HOTTLE CLERK NO. 04-15-00153-CV TINA M. ALLEN SOUZA § COURTFILED OF APPEALS IN 4th COURT OF APPEALS § SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS vs. § 04/27/2015 10:30:28 PM § KEITH E. HOTTLE HEATHER CLEMENT TESSMER § FOURTH DISTRICT ClerkOF TEXAS

APPELLANT’S FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT: Appellant, TINA M. ALLEN SOUZA, requests that this honorable court extend the time to file appellant’s brief.

1. Appellant is Tina M. Allen Souza; appellee is Heather Clement Tessmer.

2. This motion is filed within the time frame provided for filing a motion to extend the time to file appellant’s brief, as required by Rule 38.6(d) and Rule 10.5(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.

3. The Court may grant an extension of time under Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.6(d).

4. The deadline to file appellant’s brief is Monday, April 27, 2015.

5. Appellant requests an additional thirty day (30) days to file appellant’s brief, extending the time until Wednesday, May 27, 2015.

6. In the alternative, should the Court may not desire to grant an extension of thirty (30) days, appellant requests an additional twenty (20) days to file appellant’s brief, extending the time until Monday, May 18, 2015.

6. Appellant has not requested any prior extension of time.

7. The requested extension is not for purposes of delay, but so that counsel may have adequate time to prepare a brief. Counsel for Appellant works approximately sixty (60) hours a week in private employment. In addition, the undersigned is in charge of several other cases which have deadlines during this same time period. The undersigned requires an additional thirty (30) days, or in the alternative, twenty (20) days, to complete the brief. In addition, the requested extension will not adversely affect the interests of any party other than the addition of 30, or 20, days to the time period preceding the submission of this case to this Court.

8. Appellant, therefore, requests an extension of thirty (30) days, or in the alternative, twenty (20) days, to file appellant’s brief.

10. For the foregoing reasons, appellant asks the Court to grant an extension of time to file appellant’s brief until Wednesday, May 27, 2015 [30 day extension], or in the alternative, Monday, May 18, 2015 [20 day extension].

Dated this 27th day of April, 2015.

Respectfully submitted, RONALD S. GUTIERREZ, LAWYER Las Colinas Station P. O. Box 143243 Irving Texas 75014-3243 Office: (512) 222-3488 Facsimile: (512) 233-2786 Email: [email protected] By: /s/ Ronald S. Gutierrez Ronald S. Gutierrez State Bar No. 08644410 ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT

Certificate of Conference I hereby certify that I have attempted to confer with Heather Clement Tessssmer by letter faxed on April 24, 2015, by letter faxed on April 27, 2015, and via telephone communication on April 27, 2015, and said counsel was unavailable for response.

/s/ Ronald S. Gutierrez Ronald S. Gutierrez

Certificate of Service I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was delivered to plaintiff by serving her attorney of record, TESSMER LAW FIRM, P.L.L.C., 7800 IH-10 West, Suite 830, San Antonio, Texas 78230, via eServe through eFile (if available), email at [email protected] and/or via facsimile at (210) 368-9729 on April 27, 2015.

/s/ Ronald S. Gutierrez Ronald S. Gutierrez