Opinion
No. 05-20-00451-CV
04-27-2020
IN THE INTEREST OF S.R.L., A CHILD
On Appeal from the 256th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-17-19782-Z
ORDER
This is an appeal in a parental termination case. Before the Court is court reporter Joie Rivera's April 23, 2020 letter requesting a ten-day extension to file the reporter's record and informing the Court that she has been unable to obtain the exhibits.
We GRANT the request. To the extent the exhibits have not been made available to Ms. Rivera, we ORDER Dallas County District Clerk Felicia Pitre to give all original exhibits to Ms. Rivera no later than 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 for use in preparing the reporter's record. See TEX. R. APP. P. 34.6(g). Ms. Rivera shall return the original exhibits to Ms. Pitre within twenty- four (24) hours of copying the exhibits for use in the record. See id. To the extent the exhibits are timely made available to Ms. Rivera, we ORDER the reporter's record be filed no later than May 7, 2020.
If any of the original exhibits are in the possession of someone other than Ms. Pitre, Ms. Pitre shall notify the Court and Ms. Rivera in writing by 12:00 p.m. noon on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 of the name of the person, contact information for that person, and a list of the exhibits in that person's possession. See id.
We DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to send a copy of this order to the Honorable David Lopez, Presiding Judge of the 256 Judicial District Court; the Honorable Kim Cooks, Presiding Judge of the 255 Judicial District Court and trial judge who presided over the jury trial that resulted in the termination of appellant's parental rights; Ms. Pitre; Ms. Rivera; and the parties.
/s/ BILL WHITEHILL
JUSTICE