Court Opinion

ID: 3089526
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Date Created: 2015-10-16 03:46:36.858701+00
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NUMBER 13-12-00726-CV

                                    COURT OF APPEALS

                       THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                           CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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   IN THE INTEREST OF J. R. S., M. D. S., AND D. D. B., CHILDREN
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             On appeal from the 130th District Court
                  of Matagorda County, Texas.
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                              MEMORANDUM OPINION
    Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Benavides and Longoria
                   Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

        This is an accelerated parental termination case.                     See TEX. R. APP. P. 28.4.

Appellant, D.B.1, filed a pro appeal from a judgment terminating his parental rights in

cause number 11-E-0697-C.

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  In appeals from cases involving the termination of parental rights, the rules of appellate procedure require
the use of an alias to refer to a minor, Aand if necessary to protect the minor=s identity, to the minor=s parent
or other family member.” Tex. R. App. P. 9.8.
        On November 30, 2012, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant that the notice of

appeal failed to comply with Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.5 and 25.1. See TEX.

R. APP. P. 9.5 and 25.1. The Clerk directed appellant to file an amended notice of appeal

with the district clerk's office within 15 days from the date of that notice. On January 31,

2013, the Clerk notified appellant that the defects had not been corrected and warned

appellant that the appeal would be dismissed if the defects were not cured within ten

days.   Appellant has not responded to the notices from the Clerk or corrected the

defects.

        An appellate court may dismiss a civil appeal for want of prosecution or failure to

comply with a notice from the clerk requiring a response or other action within a specified

time. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b),(c). The Court, having considered the documents on

file, and appellant’s failure to correct the defect, is of the opinion that the appeal should be

dismissed. See id. 37.3, 42.3(b),(c). Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED for want of

prosecution and failure to comply with a notice from the Court. See id.

                                                                         PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the
21st day of March, 2013.

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