Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2016-09-30 23:48:36.509781+00
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Order filed December 7, 2015

                                        In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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                                NO. 14-15-00997-CV
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             In the Interest of J.A.N., A.M.K., and A.R.S., Children

                    On Appeal from the 300th District Court
                            Brazoria County, Texas
                        Trial Court Cause No. 79334-F

                                      ORDER

      This is an accelerated appeal from a judgment in a suit in which the
termination of the parent-child relationship is at issue

      The notice of appeal was filed November 16, 2015.             Appellant has
established indigence or is presumed to be indigent. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1(a).
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 Karen Bernhardt, the court reporter, to file the record in this
appeal on or before December 17, 2015. If Karen Bernhardt does not timely
file the record as ordered, the court will issue an order requiring her to appear at a
hearing to show cause why the record has not been timely filed and why she 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