NUMBER 13-21-00114-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
IN THE INTEREST OF A.M.M., M.A.M., K.A.M., J.G.M., J.E.M., AND
J.I.M.P., CHILDREN
On appeal from the 138th District Court
of Cameron County, Texas.
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Silva
Order Per Curiam
This is an appeal of a final order terminating parental rights. The notice of appeal
was filed on April 21, 2021, and appellant’s brief was due June 22, 2021. Appellant has
filed a motion for extension of time, providing the reason for her request therein. Appellant
seeks thirty days of additional time to file the brief.
Appeals in parental termination and child protection cases are governed by the
rules of appellate procedure for accelerated appeals but include additional expedited
deadlines and procedures. See TEX. R. APP. P. 28.4; TEX. R. JUD. ADMIN. 6.2(a). The
intermediate appellate courts are directed to ensure “as far as reasonably possible” that
appeals in such cases are brought to final disposition within 180 days of the date the
notice of appeal is filed. See TEX. R. JUD. ADMIN. 6.2(a). Accordingly, it is the policy of this
Court to limit extensions of time in such cases absent truly extraordinary circumstances.
See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.6(d).
We GRANT in part AND DENY in part appellant’s motion for extension of time and
ORDER appellant’s brief to be filed on or before July 12, 2021. No further extensions of
time will be granted absent truly exigent and extraordinary circumstances.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed on the
22nd day of June, 2021.
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