Order entered May 17, 2016
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-16-00410-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF Y.D., A CHILD
On Appeal from the 305th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 14-01249
ORDER
In an order dated May 4, 2016, we ordered Ms. Sumler, Official Court Reporter of the
305th Judicial District Court, to file, within ten days, either the reporter’s record or written
verification that appellant has not requested the record. Rather than file the reporter’s record as
ordered in this parental termination case, Ms. Sumler filed, on May 13, 2016, a motion
requesting a ten-day extension of time to file the reporter’s record.
We again remind the trial court and Ms. Sumler 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. Sumler 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. Sumler’s motion and extend the time to file the reporter’s record to
MAY 23, 2016. In doing so, however, we EXPRESSLY CAUTION Ms. Sumler 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 Cheryl
Lee Shannon, Presiding Judge of the 305th Judicial District Court, Ms. Sumler, and all parties.
/s/ DAVID EVANS
JUSTICE