COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON ORDER OF REINSTATEMENT Appellate case name: In the Interest of S.A.W.

Appellate case number: 01-22-00320-CV Trial court case number: 2020-46728 Trial court: 507th District Court of Harris County The appellant’s brief was first due on June 21, 2022. When no brief had been filed by June 28, this Court issued a late brief notice instructing that, if appellant intended to file a brief in this appeal, the appellant’s brief was due within 10 days of the notice. On the seventh day after the notice, July 5, appellant’s appointed counsel, Julie A. Ketterman, filed a motion for a 30-day extension of time, which this Court granted. Consequently, the deadline for the appellant’s brief was extended to July 21. The July 21 deadline passed without appointed counsel filing a brief or motion for extension of time. Without an appellant’s brief, this appeal risks dismissal for want of prosecution. TEX. R. APP. P. 10.5(b)(1), 38.6(d), 38.8(a)(1), 42.

On August 5, this Court abated the appeal for the trial court to determine whether new appellate counsel should be appointed to represent appellant because current appointed counsel has not filed the appellant’s brief. The supplemental clerk’s record containing the trial court’s order on abatement was due August 22. No record was filed.

Because this appeal is from a termination of parental rights, this Court is required to dispose of the appeal on an accelerated basis. See TEX. ST. JUD. ADMIN. R. 6.2(a) (requiring disposition of appeal within 180 days of notice of appeal, so far as reasonably possible). With this requirement in mind, the Court orders the following: This appeal is reinstated, and the parties are ordered to jointly prepare a status update informing the Court (1) whether the trial court held a hearing or issued an order and, (2) if so, the result of that hearing and the trial court’s ruling. The parties’ status update is due in this Court within 10 days of the date of this Order.

If there was no hearing, the parties are ordered to (and shall include in their status update confirmation that they have): • inform(ed) the trial court coordinator of the August 5 abatement order and of this Order; and • schedule(d) a hearing within 15 days of the date of this Order.

Both parties are responsible for informing the trial court coordinator of this Court’s orders, and their status report shall include the date of any newly scheduled hearing.

The trial court clerk shall file a supplemental clerk’s record containing the trial court’s order within 20 days of this Order. The court reporter shall also file a supplemental reporter’s record within 20 days of this Order.

It is so ORDERED.

Judge’s signature: /s Sarah Beth Landau  Acting individually  Acting for the Court

Date: September 8, 2022