In re V.C.

These three consolidated causes present the same question — whether Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was a legal holiday within the meaning of Rule 5(a), Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, when so declared by order of a commissioners court, although not an officially designated state holiday.1 The court of appeals held that it was not a legal holiday and consequently, that petitioners’ appeals were not timely perfected. We disagree.

After the petitioners pleaded “true” to engaging in delinquent conduct, the juvenile court placed them on probation and ordered them to pay restitution for damages to…