TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-13-00258-CV
R. P., Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 27TH DISTRICT COURT OF LAMPASAS COUNTY
NO. 18,072, THE HONORABLE JOE CARROLL, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant R.P. filed her notice of appeal on April 3, 2013. The appellate record was
complete May 9, 2013, making appellant’s brief due May 29, 2013. On May 31, 2013, counsel for
appellant filed a motion for extension of time to file appellant’s brief.
Recent amendments to 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),
available at http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/MiscDocket/12/12903200.pdf (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 counsel to file appellant’s brief no later
than June 19, 2013. 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 June 3, 2013.
Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton and Rose
R. P. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Combined Opinion