Order entered July 19, 2021
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-21-00369-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF L.D.R. AND D.J., CHILDREN
On Appeal from the 254th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-18-04007-R
ORDER
The reporter’s record in this accelerated appeal from the trial court’s order
terminating appellant’s parental rights has not been filed although the court
reporters responsible for the records, LaToya Young Martinez and Janet Saavedra,
were notified of the request by the trial court’s official court reporter on May 12,
2021. Because the record was first due May 30, 2021 and an appeal in a parental
termination case must be determined expeditiously, we ORDER the trial court to
conduct a hearing, no later than July 29, 2021, to determine why the reporter’s
record has not been filed, the date it will be filed, and what steps need to be taken
to ensure it is filed by that date. To that end, Ms. Young Martinez, Ms. Saavedra,
and Stacy Harlow, as the Official Court Reporter for the 254th Judicial District
Court, shall be present at the hearing.
The trial court shall make written findings concerning the reasons for the
delay and the solution to getting the record filed with this Court. The findings
shall be filed in a supplemental clerk’s record no later than August 2, 2021. A
supplemental reporter’s record of the hearing shall also be filed no later than
August 2, 2021.
We DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to send a copy of this order to the
Honorable Kimberly Young Brown, Presiding Judge of the 254th Judicial District
Court; Dallas County District Clerk Felicia Pitre; Ms. Harlow; Ms. Martinez; Ms.
Saavedra; and, the parties.
We ABATE the appeal to allow the trial court an opportunity to conduct the
hearing. The appeal will be reinstated no later than August 5, 2021.
/s/ LANA MYERS
JUSTICE