In re J.C.H.

OPINION

On April 2, 1998, appellant was adjudicated a delinquent and given a determinate sentence of seven years confinement at the Texas Youth Commission. On September 13, 1999, appellant filed a notice of appeal “in accordance with section 56.01 of the Texas Family'Code and Rule 25.1 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.”

Section 56.01(b) permits the appeal of an order of adjudication notwithstanding that the adjudication order was signed more than 30 days before the date of the notice of appeal. This language is the product of a 1997 amendment to the Family Code to permit review of…