                                       In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                               NO. 09-18-00188-CV
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                           IN THE INTEREST OF J.J.

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                    On Appeal from the 279th District Court
                          Jefferson County, Texas
                         Trial Cause No. C-229,666
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                                      ORDER

      Appellant, L.M., filed a pro se notice of appeal of an order terminating his

parental rights. In his notice of appeal, appellant states that he is indigent and

incarcerated in the Texas prison system.

      On the Court’s own motion, the appeal is abated and the case is remanded to

the trial court for further proceedings. We direct the trial court to determine whether

appellant is indigent and whether an attorney should be appointed to represent him.

See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 107.013 (West Supp. 2017). A supplemental clerk’s

record, including any orders signed by the trial court on remand, together with a

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supplemental reporter’s record of any hearing conducted on remand, shall be filed

with the Court of Appeals on or before June 18, 2018. The appeal will be reinstated

without further order of this Court when the supplemental clerk’s record is filed.

      ORDER ENTERED May 31, 2018.

                                                                PER CURIAM


Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.




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