TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-22-00123-CV
S. S., Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 274TH DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY
NO. C2020-0752C, THE HONORABLE RANDAL C. GRAY, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant S. S. filed his notice of appeal on March 9, 2022. The appellate record
was complete on March 25, 2022, making appellant’s brief due on April 18, 2022. On April 14,
2022, 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 Terry Wesley Baker to file
appellant’s brief no later than May 9, 2022. 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 April 27, 2022.
Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Kelly and Smith
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