In re J.H.G.

In this parental-rights termination case, the mother failed to include in her statement of points for appeal her complaint that the trial court unlawfully extended the statutory deadline for dismissing the case. Although issues not included in a statement of points are waived, Tex. Fam. Code § 263.405(i),1 the court of appeals sustained the mother’s challenge and dismissed the suit, holding that the mother’s complaint concerned the trial court’s subject matter jurisdiction to enter a final order rather than the specific terms of the order and thus could not be waived. 290 S.W.3d 400, 403. We…