Opinion
05-21-00185-CV
10-03-2022
IN THE INTEREST OF D.M., A MINOR CHILD
On Appeal from the 255th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DF-19-03631
ORDER
KEN MOLBERG, JUSTICE
Before the Court is appellants' September 29, 2022 motion for extension of time to file their brief. Appellants explain the extension is necessary because the reporter's record does not include many of the exhibits that were admitted into evidence at trial. Appellants further explain that the reporter responsible for the record, Yolanda Atkins, informed them that she filed the exhibits with the trial court electronically when she resigned as official court reporter and cannot access them.
We GRANT the motion to the extent we SUSPEND the brief deadline. We ORDER appellants to file, no later than October 10, 2022, a list of the missing exhibits with the trial court clerk as well as LaToya Young-Martinez, the Official Court Reporter for the 255th Judicial District Court. We further ORDER Ms. Young-Martinez to file, no later than October 17, 2022, a supplemental reporter's record containing either the trial exhibits or written verification the exhibits cannot be located. The Court will reset the deadline for the filing of appellants' brief upon the filing of the supplemental reporter's record or requested verification.
We DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to send a copy of this order to the Honorable Kim Cooks, Presiding Judge of the 255th Judicial District Court; Ms. Young-Martinez; and, the parties.