TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-13-00273-CV
J. A. B., Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 200TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY,
NO. D-1-FM-11-004474, THE HONORABLE TIM SULAK, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant J. A. B. filed his notice of appeal on April 1, 2013. The appellate
record was complete May 1, 2013, making appellant=s brief due May 21, 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 7, 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 28, 2013.
Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Goodwin and Field