in the Interest of K.N.M.M., a Child ( 2015 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
No. 07-15-00080-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF K.N.M.M., A CHILD
On Appeal from the 100th District Court
Donley County, Texas
Trial Court No. DCPS-14-7079, Honorable Stuart Messer, Presiding
June 18, 2015
ORDER
Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and HANCOCK, JJ.
By one order signed February 20, 2015, the trial court terminated the parent-child
relationships between the subject child K.N.M.M. and her mother, L.N.W.B., and her
father, B.D.M. Both mother and father filed notices of appeal from the order of
termination.
On appeal, mother challenges the trial court’s order of termination by six points of
error. The father’s appointed attorney has filed a motion to withdraw and brief in
support of that motion consistent with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S. Ct.
1396, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 (1967), in which he represents to this Court that, after a diligent
review of the record, he can find no grounds for reversal. See In re A.W.T., 61 S.W.3d
87, 88–89 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2001, no pet.) (per curiam).
Consistent with the applicable rules, the Clerk of this Court assigned the same
cause number to the mother’s and father’s notices of appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P.
12.2(c). In light of the interests of the parties and in order to give full and fair
consideration to each party’s position on appeal, by this order, we hereby sever the
father’s appeal from the original cause number assigned to their appeals: 07-15-00080-
CV. See TEX. R. APP. P. 2 (permitting appellate court to suspend a rule’s operation in a
particular case and order a different procedure when doing so will “expedite a decision
or for other good cause”). The mother’s appeal from the order terminating her parental
rights remains pending in the original cause. The father’s appeal will be assigned a new
appellate cause number: 07-15-00233-CV. The appeals will be considered and
disposed of in due course by separate opinions in their respective causes.
It is so ordered.
Per Curiam
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