Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 13.003 — FREE TRANSCRIPT OF STATEMENT OF FACTS ON APPEAL

CP § 13.003Title 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL · Part A. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Ch. 13. AFFIDAVIT OF INABILITY TO PAY COSTS

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(a)Subject to Subsection (c), a court reporter shall provide without cost a statement of facts and a clerk of a court shall prepare a transcript for appealing a judgment from the court only if:

(1)an affidavit of inability to pay the cost of the appeal has been filed under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure; and

(2)the trial judge finds:

(A)the appeal is not frivolous; and

(B)the statement of facts and the clerk's transcript is needed to decide the issue presented by the appeal.

(b)In determining whether an appeal is frivolous, a judge may consider whether the appellant has presented a substantial question for appellate review.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 861, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 467, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.