K. A. v. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-19-00080-CV K. A. V., Appellant v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee FROM THE 53RD DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY NO. D-1-FM-18-000880, THE HONORABLE DARLENE BYRNE, JUDGE PRESIDING ORDER PER CURIAM Appellant K.A.V. filed her notice of appeal on February 6, 2019. The appellate record was complete on February 20, 2019, making appellant’s brief due on March 12, 2019. To date, appellant’s brief has not 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 requires greater compliance with briefing deadlines. Therefore, we order Harry Wade Deckard to file appellant’s brief no later than April 10, 2019. 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 March 26, 2019. Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Kelly and Smith 2