Dakota Pike-Grant v. Jeffrey Alan Grant

This is a restricted appeal from a trial court’s divorce decree that contains two conflicting recitals. The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure allow a party who did not participate in the hearing that resulted in the judgment to file a restricted appeal, which has a more lenient filing deadline than a traditional appeal. Tex.R.App. P. 30.. Here, the first recital in the divorce decree indicates the hearing occurred in November 2011 and that the petitioner attended the hearing, which — if correct— would foreclose her restricted appeal. But another recital indicates the hearing occurred in…