BEAUMONT – Less than two months into the litigation, Craig and Keely Kinsel, the owners of several vehicle dealerships in Southeast Texas, have dropped their lawsuit against the family who took in their minor daughter after they purportedly put her out on the street for refusing to get an abortion.
On May 15, the Kinsels sued Matthew and Brandy Peavy and their minor son for allegedly verbally assaulting them in public and attempting to alienate them and their minor daughter, who is carrying the child of the Peavys' minor son.
A month and a half later, the Kinsels nonsuited the Peavys.
“This is a new life in the making, literally and figuratively,” said Beaumont attorney Dana Timaeus, who represents the Peavys. “Now, everyone involved in the lawsuit can focus on rebuilding their relationships and making provision for a new child and grandchild.”
The notice of nonsuit was filed June 29 and without prejudice, meaning the Kinsels can reinitiate their lawsuit down the line, so long as it’s within the two-year statute of limitations.
The Record has been reporting on the litigation the past month.
The Kinsels were seeking an injunction to halt all contact between the Peavys and their daughter and were also suing the Peavys for exemplary damages and mental anguish, plus attorney’s fees.
Mostyn Law attorney Mark Sparks represented them.
The Peavys had argued the lawsuit was a tactic to dominate their daughter by separating her from the people caring for her.
Case No. E-0200037