TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-18-00389-CV
C. M., Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 146TH DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY
NO. 283,065-B, THE HONORABLE JACK WELDON JONES, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant C. M. filed her notice of appeal on May 23, 2018. The appellate record
was complete June 15, 2018, making appellant’s brief due July 5, 2018. On July 5, 2018,
counsel for appellant filed a motion for extension of time to file appellant’s brief.
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 July 31, 2018. 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 July 9, 2018.
Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Pemberton and Field