Order entered August 20, 2015
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-14-00856-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF C.S.B. AND R.D.B., CHILDREN
On Appeal from the 255th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-11-15158
ORDER
Before the Court is appellant’s August 3, 2015 motion requesting a new trial pursuant to
Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 34.6(f). See TEX. R. APP. P. 34.6(f). In her motion, appellant
contends the reporter’s record contains only copies of the trial exhibits, some of the exhibits are
missing altogether, and other exhibits are incomplete. We GRANT appellant’s motion as
follows:
We ORDER the Honorable Kim Cooks, Presiding Judge of the 255th Judicial District
Court, to conduct a hearing, WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS ORDER,
and make findings of fact regarding the following:
1. whether the exhibits filed are originals or copies of the originals;
2. if the exhibits filed are copies, whether the original exhibits have been lost or
destroyed without appellant’s fault;
3. if the exhibits were lost or destroyed, whether they are necessary to the appeal’s
resolution; and
4. if the exhibits were lost or destroyed, whether they can be replaced by agreement
of the parties or with copies determined by the trial court to accurately duplicate with reasonable
certainty the original exhibits.
We ORDER Felicia Pitre, Dallas County Clerk, to file, WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS
OF THE DATE OF THIS ORDER, a supplemental clerk’s record containing the trial court’s
written findings of fact.
We ORDER Joie Rivera, Official Court Reporter of the 255th Judicial District Court, to
file, WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS ORDER, the reporter’s
record from the hearing.
We DIRECT the Clerk of this Court to send a copy of this order by electronic
transmission to Judge Cooks, Ms. Pitre, Ms. Rivera, and all counsel of record.
We ABATE this appeal to allow the trial court to comply with this order. The appeal
will be reinstated forty-five days from the date of this order or when the supplemental clerk’s
record containing the trial court’s findings and the reporter’s record for the hearing are filed,
whichever occurs sooner.
/s/ ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS
JUSTICE