in the Interest of K.C.B., a Minor Child
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Opinion
In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-13-00083-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF K.C.B., MINOR CHILD
On Appeal from the County Court at Law Hopkins County, Texas Trial Court No. 37,125 CCL
Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ. ORDER The Hopkins County District Clerk has filed a motion requesting permission to file a
supplemental clerk’s record in this case in paper rather than electronic form. Effective
January 1, 2014, the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure require all records filed with appellate
courts after that date to be filed electronically. Appendix C, which governs the preparation of
clerk’s records, states, “Unless the clerk receives permission from the appellate court to file the
record in paper form, the clerk must file the record electronically.” TEX. R. APP. P. app. C, Rule
1.2.
As an initial matter, we point out that this Court’s staff must convert all records received
in paper form to electronic form prior to filing. Thus, a district clerk’s failure to comply with the
Rules, which are applicable statewide, creates an additional workload for the staff of this Court.
Electronic filing with this Court requires some very basic tools—a computer, a scanner,
an appropriate software package (such as Adobe Acrobat), and internet access—all of which are
easily obtainable and relatively affordable. The Office of Court Administration is available to
assist trial-level clerk’s offices with the transition from paper to electronic filing. To obtain this
assistance, contact Casey Kennedy (casey.kennedy@txcourts.gov), who can provide information
about the easiest and least expensive way to set up a compliant system.
We expect Hopkins County to begin electronically filing records with this Court as soon
as possible, but under no circumstances should the transformation from paper to electronic filing
remain incomplete beyond March 31, 2014.
2 The motion to file the supplemental clerk’s record in paper form in this specific case is
granted. Requests to file documents in paper form in other matters will be handled on a case-by-
case, filing-by-filing basis.
BY THE COURT
Date: January 22, 2014
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