Fourth Court of Appeals
San Antonio, Texas
June 28, 2018
No. 04-18-00271-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF G.R.B., A.R.B., I.E.B.S., J.B.G., AND E.A.G., MINOR
CHILDREN,
From the 131st Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2017PA01024
Honorable Richard Garcia, Judge Presiding
ORDER
This is an accelerated appeal from a judgment terminating parental rights. Appellant’s
brief, due June 21, 2018, has not been filed. On June 25, 2018, we notified appellant’s counsel of
the deficiency. Appellant’s counsel has not filed a motion for extension of time to file appellant’s
brief or other appropriate response. Therefore, we abate this case to the trial court and ORDER
the trial court to conduct a hearing to answer the following questions:
(1) Does appellant desire to prosecute her appeal?
(2) Has appointed counsel abandoned the appeal?
(3) Is it necessary to appoint new counsel to represent appellant in this appeal?
The trial court may, in its discretion, receive evidence on the first two questions by sworn
affidavit from appellant. The trial court shall, however, order appellant’s counsel to be present at
the hearing.
We ORDER the trial court to file its written findings of fact and conclusions of law with
the trial court clerk no later than ten (10) days from the date of this order. We ORDER the trial
court clerk to file a supplemental clerk’s record in this court no later than four (4) days after the
trial court files its findings of facts and conclusions of law. We further ORDER the court reporter
to file in this court a supplemental reporter’s record of the hearing, along with copies of any
documentary evidence admitted, no later than four (4) days after the date of the hearing.
All appellate deadlines are ABATED pending further orders from this court.
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Karen Angelini, Justice
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 28th day of June, 2018.
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KEITH E. HOTTLE,
Clerk of Court