Order filed March 5, 2018




                                       In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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                               NO. 14-18-00154-CV
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                          In the Interest of E.R., a Child


                    On Appeal from the 300th District Court
                            Brazoria County, Texas
                        Trial Court Cause No. 87661-F


                                      ORDER

      This is an accelerated appeal from a judgment in a suit in which the
termination of the parent-child relationship is at issue (“parental termination case”).
The notice of appeal was filed February 20, 2018. Appellant has established
indigence or is presumed to be indigent. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1(a). The reporter’s
record was due March 2, 2018 (10 days after the notice of appeal was filed). See
Tex. R. App. P. 35.1(b); 28.4(a)(1). The record has not been filed.

      Appeals in parental termination cases and child protection cases are to be
brought to final disposition within 180 days of the date the notice of appeal is filed.
See Tex. R. Jud. Admin. 6.2(a). The trial and appellate courts are jointly responsible
for ensuring that the appellate record is timely filed. See Tex. R. App. P. 35.3(c).
The trial court must direct the court reporter to immediately commence the
preparation of the reporter’s record and must arrange for a substitute reporter, if
necessary. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.4(b)(1).

      Because the reporter’s record has not been filed timely in this accelerated
appeal, we issue the following order:

      We order Renee Rape, the official court reporter for the 300th District Court,
to file the reporter’s record in this appeal by March 15, 2018. If Rape does not timely
file the record as ordered, the court will issue an order requiring her to appear at a
hearing to show cause why the record has not been timely filed and why she should
not be held in contempt of court for failing to file the record as ordered. Contempt
of court is punishable by a fine and/or confinement in jail.



                                   PER CURIAM




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