In the

Court of Appeals

Second Appellate District of Texas

at Fort Worth ___________________________

No. 02-21-00317-CV

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AND

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No. 02-21-00318-CV

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On Appeal from County Court at Law No. 1

Parker County, Texas

Trial Court Nos. CIV-19-0018, CIV-21-0663

Before Wallach, Kerr, and Birdwell, JJ.

Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion

IN THE INTEREST OF A.W., A CHILD

IN THE INTEREST OF W.W., A CHILD
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MEMORANDUM OPINION, JUDGMENT, AND ORDER

On February 2, 2022, we consolidated 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, we 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 found that 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 Rules 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 us with proof of payment by February 11, 2022, the appeal would be 

dismissed for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b), 44.3. On February 16, 

2022, we 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 payment by February 28, 2022. See Tex. R. 

App. P. 37.3(b). Appellant has not made payment arrangements for the clerk’s record 
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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 prosecution. See Tex. R. App. 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 reporter’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 would 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 payment arrangements for the reporter’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

Delivered: March 10, 2022

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Because termination-of-parental-rights cases are ultra-accelerated for the best 

interest of the children, we cautioned Appellant in our February 16, 2022 letter that 

there would be no further extensions of time to make payment arrangements for the 

record in either case. See Tex. R. Jud. Admin. 6.2(a), reprinted in Tex. Gov’t Code Ann., 

tit. 2, subtit. F app. (requiring appellate court to dispose of an appeal from a judgment 

terminating parental rights, so far as reasonably possible, within 180 days after the 

notice of appeal is filed).