TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-18-00542-CV
S. P., Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 27TH DISTRICT COURT OF LAMPASAS COUNTY
NO. 20698, THE HONORABLE CHERYLL MABRAY, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant S.P. filed her notice of appeal on August 8, 2018. The appellate record
was complete on August 28, 2018, making appellant’s brief due September 17, 2018. On
September 5, 2018, appellant filed a motion to abate the appeal, informing the Court that the
notice of appeal had been filed from an interlocutory order and that the final hearing in the trial
court was set for September 10, 2018. On September 14, 2018, a supplemental clerk’s record
containing the final order was filed.
We dismiss as moot appellant’s motion to abate the appeal. To date, neither
appellant’s brief nor a motion for extension of time has been filed. 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. Therefore, we order
counsel to file appellant’s brief no later than October 15, 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 September 24, 2018.
Before Justices Puryear, Goodwin, and Bourland
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