In the Interest of S. C., a Child--Appeal from County Court at Law of Bowie County

In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
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No. 06-07-00051-CV
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IN THE INTEREST OF
S.C., A CHILD
On Appeal from the County Court at Law
Bowie County, Texas
Trial Court No. 05C1826-CCL
Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Carter
MEMORANDUM OPINION

Ladrika N. Collins has filed an appeal from the termination of her parental rights to a child, S.C. We have now reviewed the clerk's record. Section 263.405(b) of the Texas Family Code requires an appellant to file, not later than the fifteenth day after a final order is signed, a statement "of the point or points on which the party intends to appeal." Tex. Fam. Code Ann. 263.405(b) (Vernon Supp. 2006). The Legislature added a new subsection, effective for appeals filed after September 1, 2005, which provides that the "appellate court may not consider any issue that was not specifically presented to the trial court in a timely filed statement of the points on which the party intends to appeal . . . ." Tex. Fam. Code Ann. 263.405(i) (Vernon Supp. 2006). Here, the judgment was entered March 28, 2007, and the notice of appeal was filed April 4, 2007. The clerk's record contains no statement of points to be raised on appeal. We have contacted the clerk's office, and no such statement, either standing alone or with a motion for new trial, exists. The statute does not terminate our jurisdiction over the appeal. However, in a situation such as this, where no statement of points exists, under the express terms of the statute, there is no contention of error that can be raised that we may consider on appeal.

 

We affirm the judgment.

 

Jack Carter

Justice

 

Date Submitted: April 26, 2007

Date Decided: April 27, 2007