Court Opinion

ID: 2980127
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Date Created: 2015-09-22 19:05:02.45228+00
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Order filed April 13, 2015

                                        In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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                                NO. 14-15-00192-CV
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                           In the Interest of E.L., a Child

                     On Appeal from the 315th District Court
                              Harris County, Texas
                       Trial Court Cause No. 2012-05682J

                                       ORDER

      This is an accelerated appeal from a judgment in a suit in which the
termination of the parent-child relationship is at issue. Appellant’s brief was due
April 8, 2015, but it has not been filed.

      Appeals in parental termination cases and child protection cases are to be
brought to final disposition within 180 days of the date the notice of appeal is filed.
See Tex. R. Jud. Admin. 6.2(a) (effective May 1, 2012). This accelerated schedule
requires greater compliance with briefing deadlines.

      Therefore we order appellant’s appointed counsel, Stephen M. Pierce, to file
appellant’s brief no later than April 24, 2015. 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. In addition, the court may require appointment of new counsel due to the
failure to timely file appellant’s brief.

                                        PER CURIAM