TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-13-00231-CV
J. T., Appellant
v.
Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 433RD DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY
NO. C2012-0351D, THE HONORABLE BERT RICHARDSON, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant J.T. filed his notice of appeal on April 8, 2013. The appellate record was
complete April 30, 2013, making appellant’s brief due May 20, 2013. On May 13, 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 in part and order counsel to file appellant’s brief
no later than June 4, 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 16, 2013.
Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton and Rose