TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-22-00706-CV
H. B., Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 126TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
NO. D-1-FM-21-006937, THE HONORABLE MAYA GUERRA GAMBLE, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant H.B. filed her notice of appeal on November 2, 2022. The appellate
record was complete on November 21, 2022, making appellant’s brief due by December 12, 2022.
On December 1, 2022, counsel for appellant filed a motion for a twenty-day 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 Gregory Sherwood to file
appellant’s brief no later than January 2, 2023. 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 December 7, 2022.
Before Chief Justice Byrne and Justices Triana and Smith
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