TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-22-00257-CV
N. S., Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 146TH DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY
NO. 286,413-B, THE HONORABLE CHRISTOPHER L. CORNISH, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant N.S. filed her notice of appeal on May 5, 2022. The appellate record
was complete on May 11, 2022, making appellant’s brief due on May 31, 2022. On May 31,
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 Bradley K. Williamson to file
appellant’s brief no later than June 20, 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 June 9, 2022.
Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Triana