Court Opinion

ID: 4693663
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-06-08 14:18:36.713764+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:05:24.797594
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                       NO. 03-21-00215-CV

                                         F. M., Appellant

                                                  v.

                Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

                 FROM THE 22ND DISTRICT COURT OF HAYS COUNTY
      NO. 20-1555, THE HONORABLE MELISSA MCCLENAHAN, JUDGE PRESIDING

                                            ORDER

PER CURIAM

               Appellant F. M. filed his notice of appeal on May 4, 2021. The appellate record

was complete on May 14, 2021, making appellant’s brief due on June 3, 2021. On June 2, 2021,

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 Amanda J. Wilhelm to file

appellant’s brief no later than June 23, 2021. If the brief is not filed by that date, counsel may be

required to show cause why she should not be held in contempt of court.

               It is ordered on June 8, 2021.

Before Justices Goodwin, Triana, and Kelly