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.

SUMMARY: 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.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT 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.