TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-19-00217-CV
N. P. and J. P., Appellants
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 207TH DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY
NO. C2017-2053B
THE HONORABLE CHARLES A. STEPHENS II, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellants N. P. and J. P. filed their notices of appeal on March 29, 2019, and
April 2, 2019, respectively. The appellate record was complete May 9, 2019, making appellants’
briefs due May 29, 2019. To date, appellant N. P. has not filed a 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 requires greater compliance with briefing
deadlines. Therefore, we order N. P. to file appellant’s brief no later than June 21, 2019. If the
brief is not filed by that date, the appeal of N. P. may be dismissed for want of prosecution.
It is ordered on June 11, 2019.
Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Triana
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