TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-13-00238-CV
D. L. and K. M., Appellants
v.
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 200TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
NO. D-1-FM-11-003636, THE HONORABLE SCOTT H. JENKINS, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant D.L. filed his notice of appeal on April 11, 2013. The appellate record was
complete May 7, 2013, making appellant’s brief due May 28, 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 June 13, 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 May 29, 2013.
Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton and Rose