Opinion
No. 04-17-00610-CV
11-09-2017
IN THE INTEREST OF S.M.R., S.L.R. AND S.I.R.
From the 285th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2016-PA-00851
Honorable Richard Price, Judge Presiding
ORDER
This is an appeal from an order terminating Appellant A.M.G.'s parental rights and Appellant M.R.'s parental rights. Appellant A.M.G. filed her appellant's brief on October 18, 2017. Appellee has filed a motion for extension of time to file its appellee's brief in response to Appellant A.M.G.'s brief. Appellee's motion for extension of time is GRANTED. Appellee's brief is due December 8, 2017. NO FURTHER EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED.
Appellant M.R.'s brief was due November 7, 2017, and has not been filed. We ORDER Appellant M.R. to file his brief on or before November 20, 2017. NO EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED. If Appellant M.R.'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).
/s/_________
Karen Angelini, Justice
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 9th day of November, 2017.
/s/_________
KEITH E. HOTTLE,
Clerk of Court