Krasniqi v. Dallas County Child Protective Services Unit of the Texas Department of Human Services

Parents have lost their children forever. This result may be properly supported by the evidence and commanded by law. I hope so. For in spite of requests by both the parents and the State, we will not fully review the trial court’s decision because the parents’ lawyers failed to file the statement of facts on time. This willful refusal is not required by the Common Law nor by statute; it is required by a rule of procedure.1 I agree with the majority that rule 2(b) and Evitts do not apply here.2 I agree that application of 54(c) does not violate notions of due process of law. And, I agree that…