TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-14-00055-CV
C. W., Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 353RD DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY,
NO. D-1-FM-11-004767, THE HONORABLE SCOTT H. JENKINS, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant C.W. filed his notice of appeal on February 4, 2014. The appellate
record was complete February 24, 2014, making appellant=s brief due March 17, 2014. To date,
appellant=s brief has not 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 requires
greater compliance with briefing deadlines. Therefore we order counsel to file appellant=s brief
no later than April 9, 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 March 25, 2014.
Before Justices Puryear, Goodwin and Field