TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-16-00523-CV
T. C. and D. D., Appellants
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 419TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
NO. D-1-FM-14-004687, THE HONORABLE KARIN CRUMP, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellants T.C. and D.D. filed their notices of appeal on August 5, 2016. The
appellate record was complete August 31, 2016, making appellants= briefs due September 20,
2016. To date, appellants= briefs have 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 Mr. Robert Galvin and Ms. Alexandra
Prentice Saenz to file appellants= briefs no later than October 7, 2016. If the briefs are not filed
by that date, counsel may be required to show cause why they should not be held in contempt of
court.
It is ordered on September 22, 2016.
Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton and Field