Very important Fourth Court Opinion

This 10/3/12 Fourth Court Opinion says that the date the associate judge signs his informal, handwritten Associate Judge’s Report and Order starts the timeline for appeal documents to be filed, NOT the date he signs the formal, type-written Final Order:

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At the Ad Litem Seminar yesterday, Judge Garcia, who wrote the Associate Judge’s Report and Order in this case, said he never intended this outcome and will try to avoid it in the future by either [1] making his notations in the Judge's Notes or [2] by writing on the Associate Judge’s Report and Order that it is not a final order and striking through the language that all parties have been notified of the contents of the Associate Judge’s Report and Order.