Order entered January 31, 2017
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-16-01398-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF C.T.H. AND H.V.H., CHILDREN
On Appeal from the 302nd Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-14-07021
ORDER
Before the Court are Tina Chapman’s January 26, 2017 (1) motion for an extension of
time to file reporter’s record, (2) notice of past due findings of fact and conclusions of law, and
(3) motion to extend time to file appellant’s brief; and, Christina Chapman’s January 27, 2017
(1) notice of past due findings of fact and conclusions of law, and (2) motion to extend time to
file appellant’s brief. The Chapmans seek an extension of time to file their brief because the trial
court has not filed the findings of fact and conclusions of law they requested. Tina Chapman
also seeks an extension to file the reporter’s record because the record of a hearing held August
24, 2015, though requested, has not been filed.
We order as follows. We GRANT the motion to extend time to file the reporter’s record
to the extent we ORDER court reporter Elizabeth Neve Griffin to file, within THIRTY DAYS
of the date of this order, either (1) the requested record or (2) written verification no record exists
of the hearing.
On our own motion, we ORDER the Honorable Tena Callahan, Presiding Judge of the
302nd Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas to make, within twenty (20) days of the
date of this order, findings of fact and conclusions of law as requested by both Tina Chapman
and Christina Chapman on November 17, 2016. The findings of fact and conclusions of law
shall be filed in a supplemental clerk’s record with this Court within twenty-five (25) days of the
date of this order.
Because the appellate record is not complete, we DENY as premature the motions to
extend time to file the briefs.
We DIRECT the Clerk of this Court to send a copy of this order by electronic
transmission to Judge Callahan; Ms. Griffin; Ms. Twyla Weatherford, court coordinator of the
302nd Judicial District Court of Dallas County; Dallas County District Clerk Felicia Pitre; and
all parties.
We ABATE the appeal to allow the trial court to comply with this order. The appeal will
be reinstated thirty (30) days from the date of this order or when the Court receives the
supplemental reporter’s record and the findings of fact and conclusions of law, whichever occurs
sooner.
/s/ ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS
JUSTICE
in the Interest of C.T.H. and H.V.H., Children
Combined Opinion