Fourteenth Court of Appeals

Forms 

Upon perfecting the appeal in a civil or criminal case, the appellant must file a docketing statement in the appellate court. See Tex. R. App. P. 32.1 & 32.2.

For your convenience, these forms are provided in three formats: Corel WordPerfect, Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat.

Please file completed forms with the Clerk:

Deborah M. Young
Clerk, Fourteenth Court of Appeals
301 Fannin Street
Houston, Texas 77002

Notice of and Assignment of Related Cases

Local Rules of the First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals require the following statement be attached to the notice of appeal filed with the trial-court clerk. A copy of the notice of appeal and this statement must be filed with the Clerk of the Court pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 25.1(e).

Notice of and Assignment of Related Case in Appeals
Word | PDF

Notice of and Assignment of Related Case in Original Proceedings
Word | PDF

Docketing Statements

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Filing Docketing Statements
After completing the form, in order to create a PDF suitable for electronic filing you must use the Print to PDF feature as follows:

Adobe Acrobat Users:

 •  When printing, select “Adobe PDF” as your printer destination; you will be prompted to save the file.

If you don't have Adobe Acrobat, free software is available to Print to PDF, examples include:

•  CutePDF for PC, when printing select "CutePDF Writer"

http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.as

(install both the writer and the converter)

•  PDF Writer for MAC, when printing select "PDFWriter"

https://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfwriterformac/

Civil Docketing Statement
PDF
Criminal Docketing Statement
PDF

Appellee's Mediation Statement

WordPDF

Certification of the Defendant's Right of Appeal

PDF

Court Reporter's Information Sheet
PDF

Statement of Inability to Afford Court Costs or an Appeal Bond (English and Spanish)

PDF