TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-19-00793-CV
B. A. B., Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 340TH DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY
NO. C180096CPS, THE HONORABLE GARY L. BANKS, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant B. A. B. filed his notice of appeal on November 1, 2019. The appellate
record was complete November 7, 2019, making appellant’s brief due on November 27, 2019.
On December 4, 2019, this Court ordered appellant’s counsel to file appellant’s brief no later
than December 17, 2019. On January 3, 2020, counsel for appellant filed a motion for extension
of time to file appellant’s brief, explaining that she needed more time due to the critical illness
and hospitalization of a close relative.
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, due to the extenuating circumstances presented here, we will grant
counsel a second extension of time. We order counsel to file appellant’s brief no later than
January 16, 2020. If the brief is not filed by that date, counsel may be required to show cause
why she should not be held in contempt of court.
It is ordered on January 10, 2020.
Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Baker and Triana
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