Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2018-02-19 08:29:00.654264+00
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Order filed February 14, 2018.

                                       In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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                                 NO. 14-18-00050-CV
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           IN THE INTEREST OF D.E.W. A/K/A D.W., A CHILD

                    On Appeal from the 309th District Court
                             Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2016-54618

                                      ORDER
      This is an accelerated appeal from a judgment in a parental termination case.
The notice of appeal was filed January 23, 2018. Appellant has established
indigence or is presumed to be indigent. The reporter’s record was due within 10
days after the notice of appeal was filed. See Tex. R. App. P. 35.1(b); 28.4(a)(1).
The record has not been filed.

      Appeals in parental termination cases and child protection cases are to be
brought to final disposition within 180 days of the date the notice of appeal is
filed. See Tex. R. Jud. Admin. 6.2(a). 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). The trial court must direct the court reporter to immediately commence
the preparation of the reporter’s record and must arrange for a substitute reporter,
if necessary. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.4(b)(1).

      Because the reporter’s record has not been filed timely in this accelerated
appeal, we issue the following order:

      We order Delores Johnson and Alexandra McMillen, court reporters, to
file the record in this appeal on or before February 23, 2018. If Delores Johnson
and Alexandra McMillen do not timely file the record as ordered, the court will
issue an order requiring them to appear at a hearing to show cause why the record
has not been timely filed and why they should not be held in contempt of court for
failing to file the record as ordered. Contempt of court is punishable by a fine
and/or confinement in jail.

                                  PER CURIAM