Court Opinion

ID: 4189875
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Date Created: 2017-07-27 09:17:53.021723+00
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Order filed July 25, 2017.

                                      In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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                               NO. 14-17-00463-CV
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                             In the Interest of S.N.T.S.

                    On Appeal from the 247th District Court
                             Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2015-70032

                                     ORDER

      This is an accelerated appeal from a judgment in a parental termination case.
The notice of appeal was filed June 8, 2017. Appellant has established indigence
or is presumed to be indigent. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1(a). The reporter’s record
was due July 10, 2017. 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 Pamela Marquis, the court reporter, to file the record in this
appeal on or before August 4, 2017. If Pamela Marquis 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