In Re K.C.B‪.‬

As a prerequisite to appellate review, the Texas Family Code requires a party whose parental rights have been terminated to timely file with the trial court a statement of points on which the party intends to appeal. TEX. FAM. CODE§ 263.405(b), (i). The petitioner in this case timely filed such a statement and designated it for inclusion in the clerks record, but the statement was omitted from the record that was filed with the appellate court. Concluding that the petitioner had failed to comply with the Family Code, the court of appeals affirmed the trial courts judgment without addressing the merits. 240 S.W.3d 454, 455. The court of appeals denied the petitioners subsequent request to supplement the record and motion for rehearing. Id. We hold that the petitioner complied with the statutory requirements for appeal and that the court of appeals erred in denying her request to supplement the record on rehearing. Accordingly, we reverse the court of appeals judgment and remand the case for consideration of petitioners appeal on the merits.