Order entered January 24, 2014
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-12-00141-CV
AMBER ETTA BUMPUS, Appellant
V.
BRENT WADE FITZGERALD, Appellee
On Appeal from the 196th District Court
Hunt County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 773788
ORDER
On December 13, 2013, we ordered Becky Wheeler, Official Court Reporter for the 196th
Judicial District Court, to obtain the reporter’s record from Michael Hurley, who reported two
temporary hearings in this cause, and from Kelly Bryant, who reported the final trial in this
cause. The record of the temporary hearings was timely filed. A partial record of the final trial
was filed a day late and a day after Ms. Wheeler filed with the Court an affidavit averring that,
despite communicating with Ms. Bryant regarding the record, she had not received a copy of Ms.
Bryant’s record. Nothing in the partial record reflects why only a partial record was filed, and
the Court has not received any explanation from either Ms. Wheeler or Ms. Bryant. Although
Ms. Wheeler, as the official court reporter, bears the responsibility of ensuring the record is
timely filed, because Ms. Bryant failed to timely give Ms. Wheeler the record, we ORDER Ms.
Bryant herself to file, within ten days of the date of this order, either (1) the remaining portion of
the record of the final trial or (2) written verification that the remaining portion of the record has
been lost or destroyed.
We DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to send copies of this order by (1) electronic
transmission and postal mail to Kelly Bryant, kellycsrtx@gmail.com, 5717 Mariposa Drive,
McKinney, Texas 75070; (2) electronic transmission to Becky Wheeler; and (3) postal mail to all
parties to the appeal.
/s/ ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS
JUSTICE