R. R. and A. C. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: February 21, 2024
• Docket: 03-23-00856-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-23-00856-CV

R. R. and A. C., Appellant

v.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 340TH DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY NO. C-23-0001-CPS, THE HONORABLE ELIZABETH WATKINS, JUDGE PRESIDING

NO. 03-24-00069-CV

A. C., Appellant

FROM THE 340TH DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY NO. C230001CPS, THE HONORABLE ELIZABETH WATKINS, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellants R.R. (Father) and A.C. (Mother) each filed a notice of appeal from the

trial court’s oral ruling on December 13, 2023, terminating their parental rights to their child. The trial court subsequently entered a written final termination order on January 2, 2024,

consistent with its previous oral ruling. Mother then filed a second notice of appeal from that

written order.

On this Court’s own motion, we consolidate for all purposes the appeal in cause

number 03-24-00069-CV with the appeal in cause number 03-23-00856-CV. Accordingly, all

records and documents filed in cause number 03-24-00069-CV are consolidated into cause

number 03-23-00856-CV. The consolidated appeal shall proceed under cause number

03-23-00856-CV, and cause number 03-24-00069-CV is hereby dismissed. See Guyaux

v. Walnut Springs Homeowners Ass’n, Inc., No. 03-20-00584-CV, 2021 WL 162503, at *1 (Tex.

App.—Austin Jan. 5, 2021, no pet.) (mem. op.).

__________________________________________ Darlene Byrne, Chief Justice

Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Smith and Theofanis

03-24-00069-CV Dismissed

03-23-00856-CV Consolidated

Filed: February 21, 2024