## In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth

___________________________ No. 02 - 21 - 00317 - CV

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___________________________ No. 02 - 21 - 0031 8 - CV

___________________________ On Appeal from County Court at Law No. 1 Parker County, Texas Trial Court No s . CIV - 19 - 0018, C IV - 21 - 0663 Before Wallach, Kerr, and Birdwell, JJ.

Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion 

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### C HILD2 MEMORANDUM OPINION, JUDGMENT, AND ORDER On February 2, 2022, we cons ol idated In the Interest of A.W., a Child , No. 02 - 21 - 00317 - CV, and In the Interest of W.W., a Child , No. 02 - 21 - 00318 - CV, which are termination - of - parental - rights appeals involving the same alleged father, appellant J.W. (Appellant). Prior to consolidation, w e issued several notices to Appellant about the actions he was required to take to proceed with each appeal. We also abated case number 02 - 21 - 00317 - CV in December 2021 for the trial court to determine whether Appellant was indigent. The trial court foun d t hat Appellant was not indigent. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1; Tex . R. Civ. P. 145. On February 1, 2022, we notified Appellant that payment arrangements had not been made for the clerk’s record in case number 02 - 21 - 00318 - CV as required by the Ru l es of Appellate Procedure. See Tex. R. App. P. 35.3(a)(2). We warned Appellant that unless he made arrangements to pay for the clerk’s record and provided u s with proof of payment by February 11, 2022 , the appeal w ould be dismissed for want of prosecution . See Tex. R. Ap p. P. 37.3(b), 44.3. On February 16, 2022, w e again warned Appellant that we would dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution in case number 02 - 21 - 00318 - CV if he did not arrange to pay for the clerk’s record and provide us with proof of pay ment by February 28, 2022 . See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). Appellant has n ot made payment arrangements for the clerk’s re cord3 in case number 02 - 21 - 000318 - CV. 1 Accordingly, we sever the appeal in case number 02 - 21 - 00318 - CV and dismiss it for want of prosecut ion. See Tex. R. A pp. P. 37.3(b), 42.3(b), 43.2(f). Appellant must pay all costs of the appeal in case number 02 - 21 - 00318 - CV. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.4. Appellant has paid for the clerk’s record in case number 02 - 21 - 00317 - CV, but he has not paid for the re porter’s record in that case. We notified him several times — on December 7, 2021; December 28, 2021; January 21, 2022; February 2, 2022; and February 16, 2022 — that payment arrangements had not been made for the reporter’s record and that failure to do so wo uld result in this court’s considering and deciding only those issues or points that do not require a reporter’s record for a decision. See Tex. R. App. P. 34.6(b)(1), 35.3(b)(2) – (3), 37.3(c). Having given Appellant ample opportunities to make paymen t arra ngements for the re porter’s record, we will only consider and decide the issues or points that do not require a reporter’s record for a decision in the appeal in case number 02 - 21 - 00317 - CV. Appellant’s brief in case number 02 - 21 - 00317 - CV is due March 30, 2022 . Per Curiam D e livered : March 10, 2022 1 Because termination - o f - parental - rights cas es are ultra - a c celerated for the best interest of the chil dren, we cautioned Appellant in our February 16, 2022 letter that there would be no further ex tensions of time to make paym ent ar r ange ments for the rec ord in either case . S ee Tex. R. Jud. Admin . 6.2 (a) , reprinted in Tex. Go v ’ t Code Ann., t it. 2 , subtit. F app. (requirin g appellate court to d ispo se of an appeal from a judgment terminating par ental rights, so far as reasonably p ossibl e , within 180 days after the notice of appeal is fil ed).