B. O. and T. S. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

 

 

NO.  03-12-00676-CV

 

 

B. O. and T. S., Appellants

 

v.

 

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

 

 

 

FROM THE 201st District Court OF Travis COUNTY,

NO. D-1-FM-11-000425, The Honorable Tim Sulak, JUDGE PRESIDING

 

                                                                O R D E R

PER CURIAM

                      Appellant B.O. filed her notice of appeal on May 25, 2012.  However, a copy of the notice of appeal was not filed with the Third Court of Appeals until October 11, 2012. By request to this Court dated October 23, 2012, Ronda Watson requested an extension of time to file the reporter’s record.

                      Effective March 1, 2012, amendments to the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure adopted by Texas Supreme Court Miscellaneous Docket No. 12-9030 prohibit this Court from granting extensions of over 10 days for the filing of reporters’ records in accelerated appeals, including those from suits for termination of parental rights.  See Tex. R. App. P. 35.3(c).  Further, any extensions of time granted for the filing of the reporters’ records may not exceed 30 days cumulatively.  See Tex. R. App. P. 28.4(b)(2).  Accordingly, Ronda Watson is hereby ordered to file the reporter’s record in this case on or before November 5, 2012.  If the record is not filed by that date, Ms. Watson may be required to show cause why she should not be held in contempt of court.

                      It is ordered on October 24, 2012.

 

Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Rose and Goodwin