Camp Mystic, the all-girls camp in Hunt where 25 campers, two counselors and longtime director Dick Eastland died in the July 4, 2025, Guadalupe River flood, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday - a move that immediately halts the wrongful-death lawsuits brought against the camp by victims' families.

The petition, filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston, lists Camp Mystic, LLC and three affiliated entities controlled by the Eastland family: Natural Fountains Properties, Inc., the camp's land-holding company; Mystic Camps Family Partnership, Ltd.; and Mystic Camps Management, LLC. The four cases are expected to be jointly administered under Case No. 26-90621, assigned to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher M. Lopez, according to court records.

Under federal bankruptcy law, the filing triggers an automatic stay - a provision that freezes most litigation against a debtor the moment a petition is filed.