Court Opinion

ID: 4423240
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Date Created: 2019-08-06 22:53:39.117647+00
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Order filed August 6, 2019

                                      In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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                              NO. 14-19-00320-CV
                              NO. 14-19-00321-CV
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          IN THE INTEREST OF G.A.A.-G., J.S.A.-S., CHILDREN

                   On Appeal from the 309th District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
               Trial Court Cause Nos. 2007-20638 & 2008-39339

                                    ORDER

      These are accelerated appeals from judgments in suits in which the
termination of the parent-child relationship is at issue. A jury trial took place
between March 14, 2013 and April 10, 2013. Clerk’s records were filed in these
appeals on April 25, 2019 and April 29, 2019.

      Our review of the records has determined that a relevant item has been omitted
from the clerk’s records. See Tex. R. App. P. 34.5(c). The records do not contain a
copy of the jury charge from the 2013 trial.
         This case was originally tried in 2013 on the issues of termination and
conservatorship; a motion for new trial was granted on conservatorship only. On
August 2, 2019, the District Clerk filed a supplemental clerk’s record with this court
stating that there was no jury charge because a default judgment was signed. The
default judgment was signed in the conservatorship case that was resolved in 2018.
The termination of appellant’s parental rights was tried to a jury in 2013. The clerk’s
records filed with this court do not contain a copy of the 2013 jury charge.

         The Harris County District Clerk is directed to file a supplemental clerk’s
record on or before August 13, 2019, containing the jury charge from the 2013
trial.

         If the omitted item is not part of the case file, the district clerk is directed to
file a supplemental clerk’s record containing a certified statement that the omitted
item is not a part of the case file.

                                       PER CURIAM