TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-13-00099-CV
A. K., Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 395TH DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY,
NO. 12-0197 -F395, THE HONORABLE MICHAEL JERGINS, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant A.K. filed her notice of appeal on February 12, 2013. The appellate
record was complete March 8, 2013, making appellant’s brief due March 28, 2013. On
March 27, 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 April 17, 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 March 28, 2013.
Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Goodwin and Field