In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-21-00031-CV
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IN THE INTEREST OF C.H. AND B.C.
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On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 3
Montgomery County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 19-05-06925-CV
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
The unknown father, acting through court-appointed counsel, filed a motion
to dismiss the unknown father’s appeal. 1 The attorney appointed by the trial court to
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We note that, in the final judgment, the trial court found that T.C. is the father
of same child the Department alleged in its pleadings is unknown. However, the
judgment the trial court signed treats the unknown father and T.C. as different
individuals even though both were alleged to have fathered B.C. T.C., whom the
trial court found by clear and convincing evidence is B.C.’s father, did not file a
notice of appeal. Therefore, given the manner the trial court handled the matter, we
will assume the attorney appointed to represent the unknown father filed the motion
to dismiss the unknown father’s appeal solely on behalf of the unknown father and
not also for T.C.
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represent the unknown father filed the motion to dismiss before this Court decided
any issue in the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a)(1).
We grant the motion and dismiss the unknown father’s appeal. As to A.C., the
mother of the children affected by the trial court’s order, the appeal will continue.
APPEAL DISMISSED IN PART.
PER CURIAM
Submitted on May 11, 2021
Opinion Delivered June 24, 2021
Before Golemon, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.
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in the Interest of C.H. and B.C.
Combined Opinion