Opinion
NO. 09-11-00476-CV
03-22-2012
IN THE INTEREST OF C.T.
On Appeal from the 279th District Court
Jefferson County, Texas
Trial Cause No. C-208,348
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This is an accelerated appeal by J.T. of the trial court's judgment terminating his parental rights to the minor child C.T. The Clerk notified the parties that no brief had been filed, and that if the brief and a motion for extension of time were not filed, the case would be submitted on the record alone. The Clerk also notified the parties that submission without briefs could result in dismissal of the appeal for want of prosecution. We subsequently abated the appeal and remanded the case to the trial court to conduct a hearing to determine why appointed counsel had not filed a brief on behalf of appellant and whether appellant desired to pursue the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(2). Appellate counsel appeared at the hearing, but appellant did not. In its order, the trial court concluded that J.T. does not desire to prosecute his appeal of the order of termination, and that appellate counsel should be relieved of his duties. The appeal is reinstated.
The Clerk has notified appellant that the appeal could be dismissed for want of prosecution. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3.
APPEAL DISMISSED.
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DAVID GAULTNEY
Justice
Before Gaultney, Kreger, and Horton, JJ.