ACCEPTED
01-15-00845-CV
FIRST COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
11/16/2015 12:00:00 AM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK
N0. 01-15-00845-CV
FILED IN
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 1st COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
11/15/2015 3:54:22 PM
FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Clerk
OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON
IN THE INTEREST OF
D.L.T., D.L., D.L., T.L., D.W. aka D.T.W., D.W., CHILDREN
P.L.W., APPELLANT
VS.
DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY & PROTECTIVE
SERVICES, APPELLEE
ON APPEAL FROM
THE 314TH DISTRICT COURT OF
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
TRIAL COURT CAUSE NO. 2014-03436J
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF APPELLATE COUNSEL
TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS:
COMES NOW DONALD M. CRANE (“appellate counsel”),
appointed attorney ad litem on appeal for Appellant, P.L.W.,
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respondent mother, and hereby files this notice of appearance of
appellate counsel, and would show as follows:
I.
Appellant’s parental rights were terminated by a Decree for
Termination signed by the Honorable John F. Phillips, Presiding
Judge, 314th District Court of Harris County, Texas, and entered
September 21, 2015, Cause No. 2014-03436J, styled “In the Interest of
D.L.T., D.L., D.L., T.L., D.W. aka D.T.W., Children; In the District
Court of Harris County, 314th Judicial District.”
II.
Appellant is presumed indigent and may proceed without
advance payment of costs as provided by Tex. R. App. P. 20.1(a)(3). See
Attached.
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WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, P.L.W., Appellant,
prays that the Court take notice of her indigent status and that Donald
M. Crane has been appointed her appellate counsel.
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 P.L.W.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 24th day of August, 2015, a true and
correct copy of the foregoing Notice of Appearance of Appellate
Counsel was served in accordance with the TRAP.
1. Dan-Phi V. Nguyen
Assistant County Attorney
1019 Congress Avenue, 15th Floor
Houston, Texas 77002-1700
(713) 437-4700 fax
2. Juliane (Juli) Crow
P.O. Box 10152
Houston, Texas 77206
(713) 422-2389 fax
3. Gary Polland
2211 Norfolk, Suite 920
Houston, Texas 77098
(713) 622-6334 fax
4. John R. Millard
1 Sugar Creek Center Boulevard, Suite 925
Sugar Land, Texas 77478
1-888-501-6580 fax
5. Douglas Ray York
3355 West Alabama Street, Suite 100
Houston, Texas 77098-1863
(713) 586-5585 fax
6. JB Lee Bobbitt
1533 West Alabama Street, Suite 100
Houston, Texas 77006
(281) 476-7816 fax
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7. Michael Francis Craig
1533 West Alabama Street, Suite 100
Houston, Texas 77006
(713) 526-3787 fax
8. Julia Rangel, CSR
Official Court Reporter
314th District Court
Houston, Texas 77002
(000) 000-0000 fax
9. Stephanie Wells, CSR
Official Court Reporter
311th District Court
Houston, Texas 77002
(000) 000-0000 fax
/s/ Donald M. Crane
Donald M. Crane
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