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                                 CAUSE NO. 12-15-00279-CV
                                IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
                       TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT
                                        TYLER, TEXAS


IN THE INTEREST OF Z. C.,                     }       APPEALED FROM 1ST DISTRICT

A CHILD                                       }       COURT IN AND FOR

                                              }       SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY, TEXAS

                                             ORDER
       Came on for review the status of the instant appeal, and the same having been considered,
it appears that Appellant is not currently represented by counsel.
       On November 17, 2015, the Docketing Statement was due to be filed. TEX. R. APP. P.
32.1. On December 4, 2015, this Court notified Appellant that a Docketing Statement was to be
filed and gave him until December 14, 2015, to file it. As of the date of this Order, no
satisfactory response has been received.
       Pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 32.2 it is ORDERED that the Honorable Craig Mixson, Judge
of the 1st District Court of San Augustine County, shall immediately conduct a hearing to
determine the cause of Appellant’s failure to file the Docketing Statement and whether the
Appellant has abandoned the appeal.
       It is FURTHER ORDERED that the trial court determine whether: (1) Appellant is
indigent and entitled to the appointment of counsel on appeal; (2) Appellant has sufficient funds
to retain counsel; or (3) Appellant desires to represent himself on appeal.
       It is ADDITIONALLY ORDERED that once findings are made as to the above issues,
the trial court shall appoint counsel, give Appellant an appropriate deadline for retaining counsel,
or administer the appropriate warnings concerning the dangers of self-representation, in
accordance with its findings and the court shall also take necessary action to insure the prompt
filing of the Docketing Statement with this Court.
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       It is FINALLY ORDERED that a supplemental record containing the court’s findings of
fact and conclusions of law and any appropriate order(s) attendant thereto be certified to this
Court on or before January 5, 2016.
       WITNESS the Honorable James T. Worthen, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals, 12th
Court of Appeals District of Texas, at Tyler.
       GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF SAID COURT, at my office this 29th
day of December 2015, A.D.
                                                   PAM ESTES, CLERK
                                                   12TH COURT OF APPEALS


                                                   By: ________________________________
                                                   Katrina McClenny, Chief Deputy Clerk
