TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-13-00289-CV
T. D. J. and E. L. M. II, Appellants
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 340TH DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY,
NO. C-12-0035-CPS, THE HONORABLE JAY K. WEATHERBY, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant E. L. M. II filed his notice of appeal on May 9, 2013. The appellate
record was complete May 10, 2013, making appellant’s brief due May 30, 2013. On
May 30, 2013, counsel for appellant filed a motion for extension of time to file appellant’s brief.
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 constrains this
Court’s leeway in granting extensions. In this instance, we will grant the motion and order
counsel to file appellant’s brief no later than June 19, 2013. If the brief is not filed by that date,
counsel may be required to show cause why he should not be held in contempt of court.
It is ordered on June 4, 2013.
Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Goodwin and Field
T. D. J. and E. L. M. II v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Combined Opinion