TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-14-00606-CV
K. L., Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 22ND DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY
NO. C2013-0881A, HONORABLE DIB WALDRIP, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant K.L. filed her notice of appeal on September 15, 2014 and appellant’s brief
was due October 20, 2014. Counsel for appellant requested and received a motion for extension of
time to file appellant’s brief. Counsel now seeks a second extension, noting that a revised final order
signed on October 22, 2014 was omitted from the clerk’s record. A supplemental clerk’s record
containing that order has been filed.
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) (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 November 17, 2014. 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 November 6, 2014.
Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Rose and Goodwin
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