Legal Opinion
in the Interest of M.A.H., a Child
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided October 16, 2002No. 10-02-00234-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOTICE REGARDING STATUS OF APPEAL
2Per curiam
A jury found that Destiny Dawn Merritt’s parental rights with respect to her daughter M.AH. should be terminated. The trial court signed a decree in accordance with the verdict on May 29, 2002. Merritt filed a motion for new trial and an indigence affidavit on June 27. She did not file a formal notice of appeal until August 9, twenty-three days after the trial court sustained the court reporter’s contest of her indigence affidavit.
TIMELINESS OF NOTICE OF APPEAL
Based on a recent amendment to the Family Code, this is an accelerated appeal. Tex. Fam.Code. Ann. §…
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