In re J.N.L

OPINION Opinion on Abatement Order Dissenting opinion by: Alma L. Lopez, Chief Justice, joined by Catherine Stone, Justice ABATED Appellant, Debra Lopez Liva, perfected her appeal from a judgment signed by the trial court on April 14, 2004, by filing her notice of appeal and a ""pro bono pauper's oath"" with the trial court clerk. The issue we must decide is whether a court reporter may file a contest to an affidavit of indigence outside the ten-day period set forth in Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 20.1(e) when the record suggests the court reporter was not served with notice of the affidavit by the ""trial court clerk"" as required by Rule 20.1(d)(1).1 See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1(e), (d)(1) (""[i]f the affidavit of indigence is filed with the trial court clerk ..., the clerk must promptly send a copy of the affidavit to the appropriate court reporter"").