Court Opinion

ID: 6349448
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-06-14 09:11:04.612642+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:49:27.956854
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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