in the Interest of A.Y.C., a Child v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Opinion

Brief filed August 5, 2022, Stricken and Abatement Order filed October 4, 2022

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-22-00361-CV

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In the Interest of A.Y.C., a child

On Appeal from the 313th District Court Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 2020-02304J

ABATEMENT ORDER

This is an accelerated appeal from a judgment in a parental termination appeal. On August 5, 2022, an Anders brief was filed by appointed counsel, Jennifer A. Smith, for H.G.G., the father of A.Y.C. Father’s parental rights were terminated pursuant to subsections 161.001(b)(1) (D), (E), (N), and (O) of the Texas Family Code. See Tex. Fam. Code § 161.001(b)(1)(D), (E), (N), (O). In counsel’s Anders brief, only subsection (O) is addressed. On September 27, 2022, we ordered counsel to file a supplemental brief addressing subsections (D) and (E) on or before October 3, 2022. See In re N.G., 577 S.W.3d 230, 233–34, 235–36 (Tex. 2019) (per curiam). On October 3, 2022, counsel filed a supplemental brief that addresses (N) but does not address (D) or (E).

Accordingly, we strike appellant’s brief and enter the following order. The case is abated and remanded to the trial court with instructions to appoint other counsel and have a supplemental clerk’s record containing that appointment filed with the clerk of this court within five (5) days of the date of this order.

The appeal is abated, treated as a closed case, and removed from this court’s active docket. The appeal will be reinstated on this court’s active docket when the supplemental clerk’s record is filed with the clerk of this court.

PER CURIAM

Panel Consists of Chief Justice Christopher and Justices Wise and Hassan.