NUMBER 13-14-00286-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
IN THE INTEREST OF M.F. & J.F., CHILDREN
On appeal from County Court at Law No. 5
of Nueces County, Texas.
ORDER
Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Benavides
Order Per Curiam
This is an appeal of a final order terminating parental rights. Appellant’s brief in
this matter was due on July 28, 2014. On July 23, 2014, appellant filed a motion for
extension of time seeking an additional twenty days 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 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). Given the nature of these cases and the
shortened appellate deadlines, the Court does not favor motions for extension of time to
file the record or briefs. In accordance with the limited time for consideration of these
appeals, it is the policy of this Court to limit extensions of time to file a brief to one ten-
day extension of time absent truly extraordinary circumstances. See TEX. R. APP. P.
38.6(d).
Accordingly, we ORDER appellant’s counsel, the Honorable G. Marc Cervantes,
to file the brief within ten days of the date of this order. No further extensions of time will
be granted absent truly exigent and extraordinary circumstances. The Clerk of this Court
is ORDERED to serve a copy of this order on appellant by certified mail, return receipt
requested.
It is so ORDERED.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed this
28th day of July 2014.
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