Opinion
04-24-00146-CV
05-13-2024
IN THE INTEREST OF A.S.T., a Child
From the 166th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2022PA00891 Honorable Kimberly Burley, Judge Presiding
ORDER
PER CURIAM
This is an accelerated appeal of an order terminating the appellant's parental rights, which must be disposed of by this Court within 180 days of the date the notice of appeal is filed. Tex. R. Jud. Admin. 6.2. Appellant's brief was due May 7, 2024, and has not been filed.
We ORDER appellant's attorney to file appellant's brief on or before June 3, 2024. If appellant's brief is not filed by that date, we will abate this appeal to the trial court for an abandonment hearing. See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 107.013(a)(1) (giving indigent persons a right to counsel in parental-rights termination cases); In re M.S., 115 S.W.3d 534, 544 (Tex. 2003) (holding that this right to counsel includes the right to effective counsel).
It is so ORDERED.