Order entered September 28, 2016
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-16-01084-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF N.G.G., N.M.G., AND N.G.G., CHILDREN
On Appeal from the 301st Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-12-06967
ORDER
Before the Court is the September 23, 2016 amended motion to withdraw as counsel filed
by Linda G. Sorrells, counsel for appellant Glenn Green.
The record in this case shows that on September 15, 2016, appellant filed a statement of
inability to pay costs or an appeal bond. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 145. There is no indication the trial
court has issued an order overruling appellant’s claim of indigence. Accordingly, appellant may
proceed without payment of costs in this court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1(b).
We refer to the trial court the matter of (1) whether appellant’s counsel should be allowed
to withdraw, and (2) whether replacement counsel should be appointed. See In Interest of P.M.,
No. 15-0171, 2016 WL 1274748, at *4 (Tex. Apr. 1, 2016).
We ORDER the trial court to determine whether Linda G. Sorrels should be allowed to
withdraw as appellant’s counsel and, if so, whether appellant is entitled to appointment of
counsel due to indigence.
We ORDER the trial court to transmit to this Court, within TWENTY DAYS of the date
of this order, a supplemental clerk=s record containing findings regarding appellate counsel in
this case.
We ABATE the appeal to allow the trial court to comply with this order. We will
reinstate the appeal when we receive a supplemental clerk’s record or in TWENTY-FIVE
DAYS, whichever is earlier.
We DIRECT the Clerk to transmit copies of this order to the Honorable Mary Brown,
Presiding Judge, 301st Judicial District Court; to Glenn Green, 205 Cimarron Trail #5, Irving,
Texas 75063; and to all counsel of record.
/s/ BILL WHITEHILL
JUSTICE
in the Interest of N.G.G., N.M.G., and N.G.G., Children
Combined Opinion