Court Opinion

ID: 9363470
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-01-16 00:11:22.898634+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:15:31.995600
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Order filed January 10, 2023

                                      In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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                              NO. 14-23-00018-CV
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                 In the Interest of J.H., J.H., and J.H., children

                   On Appeal from the 300th District Court
                          Brazoria County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 111533-F

                                     ORDER

      This is an accelerated appeal from a judgment in a parental termination case.

      The notice of appeal was filed December 27, 2022. 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 Clarisia Ramirez, the official court reporter, to file the record in
this appeal on or before January 20, 2022. If Clarisia Ramirez 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

Panel Consists of Chief Justice Christopher and Justices Bourliot and Wilson.