Court Opinion

ID: 5124029
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-11-08 08:20:53.453953+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:22:37.742378
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Order filed November 5, 2021

                                       In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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                                 NO. 14-21-00610-CV
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                   IN THE INTEREST OF G.C.P., A CHILD

                    On Appeal from the 313th District Court
                             Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2020-01821J

                                      ORDER

      This is an accelerated appeal from a judgment in a suit in which the
termination of the parent-child relationship was ordered. The notice of appeal was
filed October 25, 2021. 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 Stephanie Wells, the official court reporter, to file the record in
this appeal on or before November 15, 2021. If Stephanie Wells 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 Zimmerer and Wilson.