Edward Abraham Nalakurthi v. Aparna Sushil Kancherla

Motion to Consolidate Granted and Memorandum Opinion filed March 13,
2026

In The

Fifteenth Court of Appeals

NO. 15-25-00191-CV
NO. 15-26-00020-CV

EDWARD ABRAHAM NALAKURTHI, Appellant
V.

APARNA SUSHIL KANCHERLA, Appellee

On Appeal from the County Court at Law No 1
Williamson County, Texas
Trial Court Cause Nos. 25-0007-POC1 & 25-0095-FC1

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On October 17, 2025, appellant Edward Abraham Nalakurthi filed a notice of
appeal from a final protective order signed October 3, 2025, and the appeal, after
being transferred to this Court, was assigned appellate number 15-25-00191-CV.
Subsequently, on January 2, 2026, Nalakurthi filed a notice of appeal from a final
divorce decree also signed October 3, 2025, which after being transferred to this
Court, was assigned appellate number 15-26-00020-CV.
On February 5th and 9th of 2026, Nalakurthi filed the same motion to
consolidate in cause numbers 15-25-00191-CV and 15-26-00020-CV, respectively.
Appellee Aparna Sushil Kancherla opposes the motion but did not file a response in
either case.

Upon review, we grant the motion and consolidate the two above-referenced
causes for all purposes because the causes are intertwined with one another. The
ground for the protective order—family violence—is also one of the grounds for the
divorce decree and was a listed reason in the decree for why the marital estate was
divided the way it was. Additionally, the bench trial encompassed both the protective
order and the divorce decree matters.

The issues, records, and documents filed in cause number 15-25-00191-CV
are consolidated into cause number 15-26-00020-CV. The consolidated appeal shall
proceed under appeal number 15-26-00020-CV, and appeal number 15-25-00191-
CV is hereby dismissed. Appellate deadlines will follow the deadlines in appeal
number 15-26-00020-CV. For clarification, the record in that case is complete and
appellant’s brief is currently due March 20, 2026.1

PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Brister and Justices Field and Farris.

1
15-25-00191-CV does not currently have a reporter’s record, but Nalakurthi in his motion
to consolidate states that the reporter’s record in that matter and 15-26-00020-CV are the same.
Accordingly, with this consolidation, the records in both cases are complete.

2