THE USFSPA AND STATE OF TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS SYSTEM

REQUEST FOR AN APPEAL HEARING INITIALLY DENIED:

In January, 1996, my attorney's request to present my divorce case before the 
Court of Appeals was denied.  

The Court of Appeals denied the request because my then-wife's attorney 
claimed he and my-wife were not given adequate advance notification of the 
appeal as required by Texas law.  

Justification for the Court's denial was my attorney not certifying the 
opposing side was notified by a letter sent via certified mail.  

I discovered later my attorney did not send the appeal notification letter 
via certified mail, as mandated by law.