Order entered May 6, 2019
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-19-00413-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF M.O., A CHILD
On Appeal from the 256th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-13-19769-Z
ORDER
Before the Court is appellant’s April 19, 2019 motion for extension of time to file notice
of appeal. Appellant explains the notice of appeal was electronically filed April 4, 2019, the
twentieth day after the judgment was signed, but was rejected by a deputy district clerk because
of a typographical error. As a result, a second notice of appeal was filed April 5th. That notice of
appeal was subsequently amended on April 9th. Appellant asks the Court to deem the notice of
appeal filed April 4th timely or, alternatively, extend the time for filing the notice of appeal to
April 9th.
Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21(f)(5) deems an electronically filed document filed
when transmitted to the electronic filing service provider. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 21(f)(5).
Accordingly, we GRANT the motion to the extent the appeal is deemed to have been filed April
4th.
/s/ ROBERT D. BURNS, III
CHIEF JUSTICE