TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-13-00483-CV
J. R., Appellant
v.
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 340TH DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY
NO. C-12-0056-CPS, THE HONORABLE JAY K. WEATHERBY, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant J.R. filed her notice of appeal on July 8, 2013. Appellant’s brief was due
August 13, 2013. To date, appellant’s brief has not been filed.
Recent amendments to the rules of judicial administration accelerate the final
disposition of appeals from suits for termination of parental rights. See Tex. R. Jud. Admin. 6.2(a),
available at http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/MiscDocket/12/12903200.pdf (providing 180 days
for court’s final disposition). The accelerated schedule requires greater compliance with briefing
deadlines. Therefore we order counsel to file appellant’s brief no later than September 3, 2013. If the
brief is not filed by that date, counsel may be required to show cause why she should not be held in
contempt of court.
It is ordered on August 16, 2013.
Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Pemberton and Field