Court Opinion

ID: 4401181
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2019-05-29 14:46:03.286568+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:34:35.154064
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                       NO. 03-19-00260-CV

                                         J. W., Appellant

                                                  v.

                Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

       FROM COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY
NO. 18-0068-CPSCL, THE HONORABLE BRANDY HALLFORD, JUDGE PRESIDING

                                            ORDER

PER CURIAM

               Appellant J. W. filed his notice of appeal on April 17, 2019. The appellate record

was complete May 6, 2019, making appellant’s brief due May 28, 2019. On May 28, 2019,

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 counsel to file appellant’s brief

no later than June 11, 2019. 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 May 28, 2019.

Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Triana