Court Opinion

ID: 4701220
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-07-06 09:14:06.053354+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:06:16.680457
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                        NO. 03-21-00245-CV

                                         R. J. R., Appellant

                                                 v.

                Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

             FROM THE 340TH DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY
         NO. C190138CPS, THE HONORABLE GARY L. BANKS, JUDGE PRESIDING

                                            ORDER

PER CURIAM

               Appellant R. J. R. filed her notice of appeal on May 24, 2021. The appellate

record was complete on June 4, 2021, making appellant’s brief due on June 24, 2021. To date,

appellant’s brief has not been filed.

               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 requires greater compliance with briefing

deadlines. Therefore, we order Rae Leifeste to file appellant’s brief no later than July 20, 2021.

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 June 30, 2021.

Before Justices Goodwin, Triana, and Kelly