R. R. and A. C. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services ( 2024 )

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-23-00856-CV
R. R. and A. C., Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 340TH DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY
NO. C-23-0001-CPS, THE HONORABLE ELIZABETH WATKINS, JUDGE PRESIDING
TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-24-00069-CV
A. C., Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 340TH DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY
NO. C230001CPS, THE HONORABLE ELIZABETH WATKINS, JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellants R.R. (Father) and A.C. (Mother) each filed a notice of appeal from the
trial court’s oral ruling on December 13, 2023, terminating their parental rights to their child.
The trial court subsequently entered a written final termination order on January 2, 2024,
consistent with its previous oral ruling. Mother then filed a second notice of appeal from that
written order.
On this Court’s own motion, we consolidate for all purposes the appeal in cause
number 03-24-00069-CV with the appeal in cause number 03-23-00856-CV. Accordingly, all
records and documents filed in cause number 03-24-00069-CV are consolidated into cause
number 03-23-00856-CV. The consolidated appeal shall proceed under cause number
03-23-00856-CV, and cause number 03-24-00069-CV is hereby dismissed. See Guyaux
v. Walnut Springs Homeowners Ass’n, Inc., No. 03-20-00584-CV, 2021 WL 162503, at *1 (Tex.
App.—Austin Jan. 5, 2021, no pet.) (mem. op.).
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Darlene Byrne, Chief Justice
Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Smith and Theofanis
03-24-00069-CV Dismissed
03-23-00856-CV Consolidated
Filed: February 21, 2024
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