in the Interest of K.D., a Minor Child

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: February 19, 2015
• Docket: 06-15-00012-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

No. 06-15-00012-CV

IN THE INTEREST OF K.D., A MINOR CHILD

On Appeal from the 307th District Court Gregg County, Texas Trial Court No. 2014-70-DR

Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ. ORDER This Court, upon review of the clerk’s record and reporter’s record filed in this case, has

found that each contain the full name of the child involved in this appeal from a parental-rights

termination.

Rule 9.8, titled “Protection of Minor’s Identity in Parental-Rights Termination

Cases . . . ,” states,

In an appeal or an original proceeding in an appellate court, arising out of a case in which the termination of parental rights was at issue:

(1) except for a docketing statement, in all papers submitted to the court, including all appendix items submitted with a brief, petition, or motion:

(A) a minor must be identified only by an alias unless the court orders otherwise;

(B) the court may order that a minor’s parent or other family member be identified only by an alias if necessary to protect a minor’s identity, and

(C) all documents must be redacted accordingly . . . .

TEX. R. APP. P. 9.8(b)(1).

Therefore, because the clerk’s record and the reporter’s record fail to protect the minor’s

identity, we order the Clerk of this Court, or her appointee, pursuant to the inherent power of this

Court, to seal the electronically filed reporter’s record and clerk’s record in this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

BY THE COURT

Date: February 19, 2015