In the Interest of V.A.B., a Child v. the State of Texas

Court of Appeals of Texas

In the Interest of V.A.B., a Child v. the State of Texas

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided January 23, 2025·No. 07-24-00337-CV·Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

No. 07-24-00337-CV

IN THE INTEREST OF V.A.B., A CHILD

On Appeal from the 46th District Court Hardeman County, Texas

Trial Court No. 12,184, Honorable Dan Mike Bird, Presiding

January 23, 2025

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before PARKER and DOSS and YARBROUGH, JJ.

Appellant, L.B.M., proceeding pro se, appeals from the trial court’s order terminating her parental rights to V.A.B., a child, in a private termination proceeding in which the Department of Family and Protective Services was not involved. 1 Appellant’s brief was originally due December 30, 2024, but was not filed. By letter of January 3, 2025, we notified Appellant that the appeal was subject to dismissal for want of prosecution, without further notice, if a brief was not received by January 13. To date, Appellant has neither filed a brief nor a motion requesting an extension to do so.

1 To protect the privacy of the parties involved, we refer to them by their initials. See TEX. R. APP.

P. 9.8(b).

Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P.

38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b).

Per Curiam

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In The

Court of Appeals

Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

No. 07-24-00337-CV

IN THE INTEREST OF V.A.B., A CHILD

On Appeal from the 46th District Court Hardeman County, Texas

Trial Court No. 12,184, Honorable Dan Mike Bird, Presiding

January 23, 2025

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before PARKER and DOSS and YARBROUGH, JJ.

Appellant, L.B.M., proceeding pro se, appeals from the trial court’s order terminating her parental rights to V.A.B., a child, in a private termination proceeding in which the Department of Family and Protective Services was not involved. 1 Appellant’s brief was originally due December 30, 2024, but was not filed. By letter of January 3, 2025, we notified Appellant that the appeal was subject to dismissal for want of prosecution, without further notice, if a brief was not received by January 13. To date, Appellant has neither filed a brief nor a motion requesting an extension to do so.

1 To protect the privacy of the parties involved, we refer to them by their initials. See TEX. R. APP.

P. 9.8(b).

Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P.

38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b).

Per Curiam

In the Interest of V.A.B., a Child v. the State of Texas, (Tex. Ct. App. 2025).

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