Court Opinion

ID: 9363605
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-01-17 11:09:14.721465+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:15:32.806440
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                      NO. 03-22-00789-CV

                                         J. N., Appellant

                                                 v.

                Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

        FROM THE 340TH DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY
 NO. C190072CPS, THE HONORABLE ELIZABETH WATKINS, JUDGE PRESIDING

                                            ORDER

PER CURIAM

               Appellant J. N. filed her notice of appeal on September 28, 2022. The appellate

record was complete on December 13, 2022, making appellant’s brief due on January 2, 2023.

On December 30, 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 Daniel A. Clark to file

appellant’s brief no later than January 23, 2023. 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 January 13, 2023.

Before Justices Baker, Kelly, and Smith

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