Petition for Review - Filed - Supreme Court of Texas

order of termination,
and when in fact they had a constitutional and statutory
right
to appeal.
On June 15, 2010, Petitioner filed a pro se Petition for Bill of Review
(CR 165-174), and then on June 22, 2010, Petitioner filed a motion for hearing
to be held on her petition for bill of review. On June 28, 2010, without any
hearing be held or the Appellee filing an answer, the trial court entered an
Order Denying Petitioner's Petition for Bill of Review (CR 176). Thereafter,
Petitioner filed a Request for Findings of Fact and Conclusion of Law on July
13, 2010. (CR 177-181). On July 14, 2010, the trial court entered an Order
regarding Petitioner's request for findings of fact and conclusion of law (CR
182).
Upon Petitioner reviewing the Clerk's record,
she discovered that her
trial counsel Scott Tatum did, without informing her, file a late Notice of
Appeal on May 22, 2006. (CR 151), and failed to file a docketing statement
and the appeal filing fee for such appeal,
and the appeal was dismissed for
these reasons (CR 160).
Petitioner then filed a timely Notice of Appeal from the denial of her
pro se petition for bill of review (CR 101-181). Petitioner timely perfected
her appeal of
the trial court's order denying her petition for bill of review
and filed her brief containing four (4) issues presented. In an unpublished
opinion rendered on December 7, 2010, the Texas Sixth Court of Appeals affirme
the below; trial court's order.
Petitioner filed an extension of time to file this Petition for Review
and said extension was granted until the 22nd day of February, 2011. Said
Petition for Review is timely filed on February 19, 2011.
STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION
The jurisdiction of this honorable Supreme Court is invoked pursuant to
Section 22.001 of the Texas Government Code, and Article V, § 3 of the Texas