Opinion
04-21-00528-CV
01-28-2022
INTEREST OF G.K.B., JR.,
From the 407th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2021PA00020 Honorable Charles E. Montemayor, Judge Presiding
ORDER
Liza A. Rodriguez, Justice
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 on January 18, 2022, but has not been filed.
We ORDER appellant's attorney to file appellant's brief on or before February 17, 2022. 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).