Jennifer Lynn Perkins v. Gregory Travis Vanderpool

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-26-00456-CV

Jennifer Lynn Perkins, Appellant v.

Gregory Travis Vanderpool, Appellee

FROM THE 345TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY NO. D-1-FM-12-006844, THE HONORABLE MAYA GUERRA GAMBLE, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM Appellant Jennifer Lynn Perkins appeals from the trial court’s final judgment in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. Perkins has filed several motions pertaining to the contents and accuracy of the reporter’s record. According to Perkins, the current state of the reporter’s record is deficient, as it is missing transcripts from certain relevant hearings, and the portions of the reporter’s record that have been submitted are inaccurate. For instance, Perkins asserts that at least one exhibit was admitted into evidence that is not included in the reporter’s record. Resolution of issues involving the reporter’s record is a matter for the trial court. See Tex. R. App. P. 34.6(e)(3). When, as here, a “dispute arises after the reporter’s record has been filed in the appellate court, that court may submit the dispute to the trial court for resolution.” Id.

We grant in part Perkins’s motion to abate briefing pending completion and correction of the reporter’s record. We abate this appeal and remand this cause to the trial court for resolution of the dispute about whether the appellate record is incomplete and/or inaccurate, whether the additional transcripts Perkins seeks exist and are relevant to this appeal, and whether she is entitled to supplement the record with the materials she seeks. A supplemental reporter’s or clerk’s record containing the trial court’s determination shall be filed with this Court by September 21, 2026. This appeal will be reinstated after the supplemental record is filed. Perkins’s brief will be due thirty days after the appeal is reinstated. We dismiss as moot Perkins’s motion to expedite consideration of her motion to abate.

Before Justices Triana, Crump, and Ellis Abated and Remanded Filed: August 14, 2026