L. R. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-14-00443-CV L. R., Appellant v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee FROM THE 340TH DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY, NO. C-13-0052-CPS, THE HONORABLE JAY K. WEATHERBY, JUDGE PRESIDING ORDER PER CURIAM Appellant L.R. filed her notice of appeal on July 14, 2014. The appellate record was complete August 1, 2014, making appellant=s brief due August 21, 2014. On August 19, 2014, counsel for appellant filed a motion for extension of time to file appellant’s brief. 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 and order counsel to file appellant’s brief no later than September 2, 2014. 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 August 20, 2014. Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Rose and Goodwin