in the Interest of T.C., a Child

Opinion

In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo ________________________

No. 07-18-00080-CV

IN THE INTEREST OF T.C. AND J.C., CHILDREN ________________________

No. 07-18-00081-CV

IN THE INTEREST OF T.C., A CHILD

On Appeal from the 108th District Court Potter County, Texas Trial Court Nos. 88,731-E & 89,364-E; Honorable Douglas Woodburn, Presiding

June 12, 2018

ORDER OF SEVERANCE

Before QUINN, C.J., and PIRTLE and PARKER, JJ.

Appellant mother, S.C., and Appellant father, T.C., both appealed from the trial

court’s orders terminating their parental rights to their children, T.C., J.C., and T.C.1 The

appellate record has been filed in each case and the father’s court-appointed counsel has

1 Appellant father and his two sons all have the same initials. To protect the privacy of the parents, the children, and other parties, we refer to the children by their initials. See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 109.002(d) (West Supp. 2017). See also TEX. R. APP. P. 9.8(b). filed a brief in each cause of action, pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U. S. 738, 87

S. Ct. 1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 (1967), in support of a motion to withdraw, by which she

represents there are no meritorious issues to present on appeal. S.C. has filed a

meritorious brief. Based on conflicting briefs having been filed by the parents, we hereby

sever T.C.’s appeals into new appellate cause numbers.

Given the time-sensitive nature of appeals from parental termination orders, we

assign new appellate cause numbers as follows: 07-18-00232-CV, styled In the Interest

of T.C. and J.C., Children and 07-18-00233-CV, styled In the Interest of T.C., a Child, to

those appeals.

The appeals involving S.C. will retain appellate cause numbers 07-18-00080-CV,

styled In the Interest of T.C. and J.C., Children and 07-18-00081-CV, styled In the Interest

of T.C., a Child.

It is so ordered.