Order filed, December 18, 2012.




                                       In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals
                                   ____________

                               NO. 14-12-00813-CV
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                    GEORGE HOWARD GIBBS, Appellant

                                         V.

                        SONYA HONG GIBBS, Appellee


                    On Appeal from the 280th District Court
                             Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2012-43312


                                     ORDER

      The reporter’s record in this case was due October 1, 2012. See Tex. R.
App. P. 35.1. On October 22, 2012, this court ordered the court reporter to file the
record within 30 days. The record has not been filed with the court. Because the
reporter’s record has not been filed timely, we issue the following order.

      We order Hipolita Lopez, the official court reporter, to file the record in this
appeal within 30 days of the date of this order. No further extension will be
entertained absent exceptional circumstances. The trial and appellate courts are
jointly responsible for ensuring that the appellate record is timely filed. See Tex.
R. App. P. 35.3(c). If Hipolita Lopez does not timely file the record as ordered,
we will issue an order directing the trial court to conduct a hearing to determine the
reason for the failure to file the record.



                                     PER CURIAM
