Court Opinion

ID: 6349450
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-06-14 09:11:06.029193+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:49:27.955931
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                       NO. 03-22-00260-CV

                                          L. L., Appellant

                                                  v.

                Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

      FROM THE 425TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY
     NO. 21-0017-CPS425, THE HONORABLE BETSY F. LAMBETH, JUDGE PRESIDING

                                            ORDER

PER CURIAM

               Appellant L. L. filed her notice of appeal on May 3, 2022. The appellate record

was complete on May 16, 2022, making appellant’s brief due on June 6, 2022. On June 6, 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 in part and order Kenneth A. Richey Jr. to

file appellant’s brief no later than June 28, 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 10, 2022.

Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, Triana