TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-20-00219-CV
N. M., Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 22ND DISTRICT COURT OF HAYS COUNTY
NO. 18-1038, THE HONORABLE MELISSA MCCLENAHAN, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant N.M. filed her notice of appeal on March 28, 2020. The appellate
record was complete April 14, 2020, making appellant’s brief due May 4, 2020. On May 4,
2020, counsel for appellant filed a motion for extension of time to file appellant’s 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 constrains this Court’s leeway in granting
extensions. In this instance, we will grant the motion and order James B. Peplinski to file
appellant’s brief no later than May 26, 2020. 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 May 5, 2020.
Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Baker and Triana