Order entered May 21, 2021
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-20-01118-CV
BRIGETTA D’OLIVIO, Appellant
V.
HILARY THOMPSON HUTSON, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2
Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 002-02704-2020
ORDER
Before the Court is appellant’s emergency motion to extend the time to file
her brief on the merits. Appellant asserts she needs more time because alleged
omissions and inaccuracies in both the clerk’s and reporter’s records have not been
resolved. She states she will be filing a motion in this Court detailing alleged
omissions and inaccuracies with the clerk’s record, which contentions have been
asserted through several filings since March 2021. As to the alleged omissions and
inaccuracies with the reporter’s record, appellant states she filed a motion with the
trial court and requested a hearing but it has not been set.
The Reporter’s Record was filed on January 21, 2021, with challenges
asserted on February 9, 2021. In the motion, appellant also complains that the
reporter did not provide her with an original of the reporter’s record. She asserts
she was not given an opportunity to review the original “for inaccuracies and to
check the veracity of [the reporter’s] writings for what [the reporter] believe[s]
[she] heard, prior to certification of said transcript and certainly prior to submission
of whatever method [the reporter] utilize[s] for the Court of Appeals.” The court
reporter was not required to give appellant a copy to review prior to certifying and
filing the reporter’s record.
In light of the above circumstances, we GRANT appellant’s motion and
extend the time to file her brief on the merits to June 21, 2021, but caution
appellant that further extensions will be disfavored.
/s/ BONNIE LEE GOLDSTEIN
JUSTICE