Hines v. Villalba

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice RICHTER.

Bruce Hines appeals the trial court’s entry of a post-judgment protective order which provided that Hines was not entitled to recover conditional appellate attorney’s fees from Phillip and Veronica Villalba. In a single multi-part issue, Hines asserts that the trial court erred because the order was entered after the expiration of the trial court’s plenary power and the conditions requisite to the recovery of appellate attorney’s fees had already occurred. For the reasons below, we resolve Hines’ issue against him, and affirm the trial court’s order.

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