TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-22-00772-CV
D. D. and L. H., Appellants
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 395TH DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY
NO. 21-0079-CPS395, THE HONORABLE RYAN D. LARSON, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant D. D. and L. H. filed their notices of appeal on December 5, 2022 and
December 6, 2022 respectively. The appellate record was complete on December 15, 2022,
making appellants’ briefs due on January 4, 2023. On January 4, 2023, counsel for appellants
filed motions for extension of time to file appellants’ briefs.
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 motions and order Kenneth A. Richey, Jr. and
Lisa Marie Mims to file appellants’ briefs no later than January 24, 2023. If the briefs are not
filed by that date, counsel may be required to show cause why they should not be held in
contempt of court.
It is ordered on January 12, 2023.
Before Justices Baker, Kelly, and Smith
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