Jennifer Lynn Perkins v. Gregory Travis Vanderpool
CourtTexas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Date FiledAugust 14, 2026
Docket03-26-00456-CV
StatusPublished
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Full 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
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