March 29, 2011, 11:16
david curlHB 906 to Alter Termination Appeals
The House is about to pass HB 906 which includes:
"SECTION 5. Sections 263.405(b-1), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), Family Code, are repealed."
The Statement of Points and frivolous appeal provisions are replaced with:
"(c) The supreme court shall adopt rules accelerating the disposition by the appellate court and the supreme court of an appeal of a final order granting termination of the parent-child relationship rendered under this subchapter."
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=82R&Bill=HB906 Anyone opposed to this should be ready when it gets to the Senate.
March 29, 2011, 12:42
Andrea WIn other words, "we're sick of the courts ignoring every statute we pass about accelerated appeals, so do it yourself!"
March 30, 2011, 08:02
JohnREven funnier, those rules already exist: See 28.1 and 40.1.