ACCEPTED
01-14-00499-CV
FIRST COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
2/9/2015 7:57:09 PM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK
N0. 01-14-00499-CV
FILED IN
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 1st COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
2/9/2015 7:57:09 PM
FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Clerk
OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON
IN THE INTEREST OF R.M.B. and G.R.B. Children
G.F.A.V., APPELLANT
VS.
DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY & PROTECTIVE
SERVICES, APPELLEE
ON APPEAL FROM
THE 313TH DISTRICT COURT OF
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
TRIAL COURT CAUSE NO. 2013-02934J
CERTIFICATE THAT COPY OF
MEMORANDUM OPINION HAS
BEEN PROVIDED TO APPELLANT
TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS:
COMES NOW, DONALD M. CRANE, (“appellate counsel”),
appointed attorney ad litem on appeal for Appellant, G.F.A.V., and files
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this Certificate that Copy of Memorandum Opinion has been Provided
to Appellant, in accordance with the Texas Rules of Appellate
Procedure (“TRAP”), specifically, Tex. R. App. P. 6.5( c ), and in
support would show as follows:
1. that appellate counsel provided a copy of the Court’s
Memorandum Opinion dated December 11, 2014,
to G.F.A.V., Appellant;
2. that appellate counsel prepared and forwarded
correspondence along with notice of granting of
withdrawal of appellate counsel to G.F.A.V,
informing Appellant that the Court found no reversible
error and granted appellate counsel’s previously filed
motion for withdrawal of counsel;
3. that appellate counsel also informed Appellant that in the
undersigned’s opinion, further appellate action tended
toward frivolousness within the meaning of Tex. R. App.
P. 62, but that, individually, Appellant may pursue a
petition for review in the Supreme Court of Texas;
4. that appellate counsel also informed G.F.A.V., that
Appellant may consult private counsel as to the merits of
pursuing a petition for review in the Supreme Court of
Texas;
5. that appellate counsel also informed Appellant of the
current extended filing deadline of Monday,
February 9, 2015, should Appellant choose to pursue a
petition for review in the Supreme Court of Texas, and also
informed Appellant to consult Tex. R. App. P. 53 and
6. that a copy of the Court’s Memorandum Opinion and a
copy of this certificate that copy of Memorandum Opinion
has been Provided to Appellant (along with accompanying
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correspondence) was mailed February 5, 2015, by First
Class U.S. Mail as well as by Certified Mail, Return
Receipt Requested #7011 1150 0001 3843 9693 to
Appellant’s last known address:
Mr. G.F.A.V.
8721 Town Park Drive
Apt. 1249
Houston, Texas 77036.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Donald M. Crane
Donald M. Crane
810 South Mason Road, Suite
350
Katy, Texas 77450
Telephone (281) 392-6611
Facsimile (281) 392-5383
State Bar No. 05005900
donmcrane@gmail.com
ATTORNEY AD LITEM ON
APPEAL FOR
APPELLANT G.F.A.V.
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CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
I hereby certify that on February 5, 2015, I e-mailed a copy of
Certificate that Copy of Memorandum Opinion has been Provided to
Appellant, to Ms. Sandra Hachem, Sr. Assistant Harris County
Attorney, who is not in opposition.
/s/ Donald M. Crane
Donald M. Crane
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on February 5, 2015, that a true and correct copy of
the foregoing Certificate that Copy of Memorandum Opinion has been
Provided Appellant, was served in accordance with the TRAP to Ms.
Sandra Hachem, Sr. Assistant Harris County Attorney, counsel for
DFPS by electronically delivery through prodoc efiling and E-mail, on
John Stephen Liles, attorney ad litem, through hand-delivery, on
Juliane (Juli) Crow, through hand-delivery, on Oliver W. Sprott, Jr.,
through hand-delivery, and on Joseph Wade Prasifka, through hand-
delivery.
Ms. Sandra D. Hachem,
Senior Assistant County Attorney
Attorney for Appellee,
Department of Family and Protective Services
2525 Murworth, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77054
Sandra.Hachem@cao.hctx.net
(713) 578-3995 fax
Mr. John Stephen Liles,
Attorney ad litem
2429 Bissonnet, Suite 451
Houston, Texas 77005-1451
(713) 526-0667 fax
Ms. Julian (Juli) Crow,
Attorney ad litem for
Respondent Mother, M.M.V.
P.O. Box 10152
Houston, Texas 77206
(713) 422-2389 fax
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Mr. Oliver W. Sprott, Jr.
Attorney ad litem for
Respondent Father, G.F.A.V.
2323 Caroline Street
Houston, Texas 77004-1013
713-659-2812 fax
Mr. Joseph Wade Prasifka,
Attorney ad litem for
Respondent Father, S.J.B., aka S.J.B.P.,
Unknown Father
P.O. Box 658
Houston, Texas 77001-0658
(281) 392-5383 fax
Mr. G.F.A.V. Via Certified Mail, Return
8721 Town Park Drive Receipt Requested:
Apartment 1249 #7011 1150 0001 3842 9693 and
Houston, Texas 77036 First Class U.S. Post
/s/ Donald M. Crane
Donald M. Crane
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