TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-12-00779-CV
E. L. M., Jr., Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY, 340TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. C-11-0032-CPS, HONORABLE JAY K. WEATHERBY, JUDGE PRESIDING
PER CURIAM
Appellant E.L.M., Jr. filed his notice of appeal on November 16, 2012. The appellate record was complete November 28, 2012, and appellant's brief was due December 27, 2012. On December 28, 2012, counsel for appellant filed a motion for extension of time requesting an additional 60 days 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 January 14, 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 January 4, 2013.
Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton and Rose