Court Opinion

ID: 9363608
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Date Created: 2023-01-17 11:09:16.416059+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:15:32.806810
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                       NO. 03-22-00772-CV

                                    D. D. and L. H., Appellants

                                                  v.

                Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

            FROM THE 395TH DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY
      NO. 21-0079-CPS395, THE HONORABLE RYAN D. LARSON, JUDGE PRESIDING

                                             ORDER

PER CURIAM

               Appellant D. D. and L. H. filed their notices of appeal on December 5, 2022 and

December 6, 2022 respectively. The appellate record was complete on December 15, 2022,

making appellants’ briefs due on January 4, 2023. On January 4, 2023, counsel for appellants

filed motions for extension of time to file appellants’ briefs.

               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 motions and order Kenneth A. Richey, Jr. and

Lisa Marie Mims to file appellants’ briefs no later than January 24, 2023. If the briefs are not

filed by that date, counsel may be required to show cause why they should not be held in

contempt of court.
              It is ordered on January 12, 2023.

Before Justices Baker, Kelly, and Smith

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