Porter v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs.
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Cite as 2010 Ark. 423
SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
No.
10-368
MISTY PORTER,
Opinion Delivered
November 4, 2010
APPELLANT,
MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF
TIME TO COMPLETE THE
RECORD
VS.
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN SERVICES and MINOR
CHILDREN,
APPELLEES,
GRANTED.
PER CURIAM
Misty Porter, through her attorney, Ronald L. Davis, Jr., petitions this court for a writ
of certiorari directed to the court reporter to complete the record in this dependency-neglect
case. Pursuant to this court’s order of September 9, 2010, the clerk and court reporter of the
Little River County Circuit Court were ordered to complete the transcript and record
“forthwith.” The record had to be completed and filed in this court no later than October
11, 2010. On October 7, 2010, Porter apprised this court by way of her petition for writ of
certiorari that the court reporter needs an additional sixty days to complete the transcript.
The express purpose of the adoption of Arkansas Supreme Court Rule 6-9 was to
expedite appeals in dependency-neglect cases. See Ratliff v. Ark. Dep’t of Health & Human
Servs., 371 Ark. 534, 268 S.W.3d 322 (2007). Our intent in the adoption of Rule 6-9 was
to avoid the type of delay present in the case before us. While the entire delay in this case
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may not be attributed to the court reporter, our September 9, 2010 order directed that the
court reporter prepare the transcript forthwith, and it was to be included in the completed
record to be filed in this court no later than October 11, 2010. The order was served on the
clerk and the court reporter.
We grant the petition for writ of certiorari and order the court reporter to complete
the transcript within thirty days of this opinion.
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