TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-19-00086-CV
A. G. A. and W. F. A. M., Appellants
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 395TH DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY
NO. 17-0150-CPS395, THE HONORABLE RYAN D. LARSON, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellants A.G.A. and W.F.A.M. filed their notices of appeal on
February 12, 2019, and February 14, 2019, respectively. The appellate record was complete
March 5, 2019, making appellants’ briefs due March 25, 2019. On March 20, 2019, and
March 22, 2019, counsel for appellants filed motions for extension of time to file
appellants’ 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 the motions and order counsel to file appellants’ briefs
no later than April 15, 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 March 27, 2019.
Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Kelly and Smith
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