TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-18-00780-CV
A. P., Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 53RD DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
NO. D-1-FM-16-005421, THE HONORABLE SCOTT H. JENKINS, JUDGE PRESIDING
NO. 03-18-00781-CV
A. P. and J. P. C., Appellants
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 419TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
NO. D-1-FM-17-006849, THE HONORABLE SCOTT H. JENKINS, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellants A.P. and J.P.C. filed their notices of appeal on November 26, 2018.
The appellate records were complete December 27, 2018, and appellants’ briefs were due
January 22, 2019. On January 23, 2019, counsel for A.P. filed a motion for extension of time to
file appellant’s briefs.
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 appellant’s motion and on this Court’s own motion
order John M. Sigman, counsel for A.P., and Robert Galvin, counsel for J.P.C., to file appellants’
briefs no later than February 11, 2019. 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 January 31, 2019.
Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Triana
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