Bill Text: TX HB688 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the filing of a court reporter's record in an appeal of a final order in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-27 - Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues [HB688 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB688-Introduced.html
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| By: Wu | H.B. No. 688 | |
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| relating to the filing of a court reporter's record in an appeal of | ||
| a final order in certain suits affecting the parent-child | ||
| relationship. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 263.405(a) and (b), Family Code, are | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) An appeal of a final order rendered under this | ||
| subchapter is governed by Section 263.4056 and the procedures for | ||
| accelerated appeals in civil cases under the Texas Rules of | ||
| Appellate Procedure. The appellate court shall render its final | ||
| order or judgment with the least possible delay. | ||
| (b) A final order rendered under this subchapter must | ||
| contain the following prominently displayed statement in boldfaced | ||
| type, in capital letters, or underlined: "A PARTY AFFECTED BY THIS | ||
| ORDER HAS THE RIGHT TO APPEAL. AN APPEAL IN A SUIT IN WHICH | ||
| TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP IS SOUGHT IS GOVERNED | ||
| BY SECTION 263.4056, FAMILY CODE, AND THE PROCEDURES FOR | ||
| ACCELERATED APPEALS IN CIVIL CASES UNDER THE TEXAS RULES OF | ||
| APPELLATE PROCEDURE. FAILURE TO FOLLOW SECTION 263.4056, FAMILY | ||
| CODE, AND THE TEXAS RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE FOR ACCELERATED | ||
| APPEALS MAY RESULT IN THE DISMISSAL OF THE APPEAL." | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 263, Family Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 263.4056 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 263.4056. DEADLINE FOR FILING COURT REPORTER'S RECORD | ||
| IN APPELLATE COURT. (a) In an appeal of a final order rendered | ||
| under this subchapter, the court reporter for the court that | ||
| rendered the order shall prepare and submit the reporter's record | ||
| of the trial to the appellate court not later than the 20th day | ||
| after the date the notice of appeal is filed with the court. | ||
| (b) On a showing of good cause, the appellate court may | ||
| extend the deadline for submitting the reporter's record. If the | ||
| court grants an extension under this subsection, the reporter's | ||
| record must be filed with the appellate court not later than the | ||
| 40th day after the date the notice of appeal is filed with the | ||
| court. | ||
| (c) To the extent that this section conflicts with the Texas | ||
| Rules of Appellate Procedure, this section controls. | ||
| Notwithstanding Section 22.004, Government Code, this section may | ||
| not be modified or repealed by a rule adopted by the supreme court. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) Section 263.405(b), Family Code, as amended | ||
| by this Act, applies only to a final order rendered on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. An order rendered before that date is | ||
| governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date | ||
| of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| (b) Section 263.4056, Family Code, as added by this Act, | ||
| applies only to an appeal of a final order rendered on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. An appeal of a final order rendered | ||
| before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | ||
| effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that | ||
| law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
