TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-19-00371-CV
J. D. D. and G. M., Appellants
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 340TH DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY
NO. C-18-0019-CPS, THE HONORABLE JAY K. WEATHERBY, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellants J. D. D. and G. M. filed their notices of appeal on May 29, 2019, and
June 6, 2019, respectively. The appellate record was complete June 26, 2019, making
appellants’ briefs due July 16, 2019. On July 16, 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 motion of J. D. D. and grant in part the motion of
G. M. and order counsel to file appellants’ briefs no later than August 5, 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 July 18, 2019.
Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Kelly
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