Court Opinion

ID: 8207413
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-20 09:10:12.571364+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:41:24.838575
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                     NO. 03-22-00482-CV

                                        S. V., Appellant

                                                v.

                Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

               FROM THE 53RD DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
   NO. D-1-FM-20-007029, THE HONORABLE LORA J. LIVINGSTON, JUDGE PRESIDING

                                           ORDER

PER CURIAM

               Appellant S.V. filed his notice of appeal on August 4, 2022. The appellate record

was complete on August 16, 2022, making appellant’s brief due on September 6, 2022. On

September 12, 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 and order Karen J. Langsley to file

appellant’s brief no later than September 29, 2022. 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 September 15, 2022.
Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Triana and Smith

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