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In re L.G.D.

Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
Jun 6, 2017
No. 06-17-00061-CV (Tex. App. Jun. 6, 2017)

Opinion

No. 06-17-00061-CV

06-06-2017

IN THE INTEREST OF L.G.D. AND A.F.D., CHILDREN


On Appeal from the 196th District Court Hunt County, Texas
Trial Court No. 80349 Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ. ORDER

This is an accelerated appeal from a parental-rights termination order. Four different court reporters were involved in reporting different portions of the trial court proceedings in this case: Edwin Walker, Judy Snyder, Shannon N. Head, and Julie Vrooman. Walker is the reporter responsible for compiling and submitting a single, complete reporter's record to this Court. The reporter's record was originally due May 12, 2017, but that deadline has been extended twice, on Walker's motions, resulting in the current due date of June 1, 2017. Walker has now filed a third motion seeking another extension of the filing deadline. Walker advises in his motion that he has completed his portion of the record, but that, due to their schedules, the other three reporters have not.

Pursuant to Rule 28.4(b)(2) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, this Court is only authorized to extend the deadline for filing the appellate record in a parental-rights termination appeal by thirty days, cumulatively. TEX. R. APP. P. 28.4(b)(2). Further, in accordance with Rule 35.3(c) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, we are only authorized to extend the filing deadline by a maximum of ten days per extension. TEX. R. APP. P. 35.3(c). In keeping with these Rules, we hereby grant Walker's third request for an extension of time and extend that deadline by ten days to June 12, 2017. That brings the cumulative total of extensions in this matter to thirty days, which is the maximum allowed by the Rules.

The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure also establish that "trial and appellate courts are jointly responsible for ensuring that the appellate record is timely filed." TEX. R. APP. P. 35.3(c). The Rules further instruct that an "appellate court may enter any order necessary to ensure the timely filing of the appellate record." Id. In furtherance of our responsibilities established by the Rules, we find we must take steps to ensure that the record in this case is filed in a timely manner.

Therefore, we hereby order Judy Snyder, Shannon N. Head, and Julie Vrooman to complete the portions of the record that each reported in cause number 06-17-00061-CV, styled In the Interest of L.G.D. and A.F.D., Children, trial court cause number 80349 in the 196th Judicial District Court of Hunt County, Texas. Snyder, Head, and Vrooman are ordered to complete transcription of their portions of the record and to submit those portions to Walker on or before June 9, 2017, so that Walker will have enough time to compile the record and file it with this Court by the deadline of June 12.

If Snyder, Head, and Vrooman fail to complete their portions of the record and fail to submit same to Walker on or before June 9, we warn them that we may begin contempt proceedings against each reporter and order each reporter, individually, to show cause why she should not be held in contempt of this Court for failing to obey its order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

BY THE COURT Date: June 6, 2017


Summaries of

In re L.G.D.

Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
Jun 6, 2017
No. 06-17-00061-CV (Tex. App. Jun. 6, 2017)
Case details for

In re L.G.D.

Case Details

Full title:IN THE INTEREST OF L.G.D. AND A.F.D., CHILDREN

Court:Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

Date published: Jun 6, 2017

Citations

No. 06-17-00061-CV (Tex. App. Jun. 6, 2017)