Opinion
No. 05-17-01146-CV
10-25-2017
IN THE INTEREST OF Z.H., A MINOR CHILD
On Appeal from the 256th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-16-03051
ORDER
In an order dated October 13, 2017, we granted the request filed by Glenda Finkley, Official Court Reporter of the 256th Judicial District Court, for a ten-day extension of time to file the reporter's record. Rather than file the reporter's record by October 23, 2017, as ordered in this parental termination case, today Ms. Finkley filed a second request seeking an additional ten-day extension of time to file the reporter's record.
We remind the trial court and Ms. Finkley that, because this is a parental termination case, it is the responsibility of the Court Reporter to prepare, verify, and timely file the reporter's record and that the trial court must direct Ms. Finkley to immediately commence the preparation of the reporter's record. The trial court must arrange a substitute reporter if necessary. TEX. R. APP. P. 28.4(b)(1).
We GRANT Ms. Finkley's motion to the extent that we ORDER the reporter's record to be filed by MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2017. In doing so however, we EXPRESSLY CAUTION Ms. Finkley that failure to comply with this order may result in an order that she not sit as a court reporter until she complies.
We DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to send a copy of this order to the Honorable David Lopez, Presiding Judge of the 256th Judicial Court, Ms. Finkley, and all parties.
/s/ DOUGLAS S. LANG
PRESIDING JUSTICE