Court Opinion

ID: 2767445
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2015-01-08 13:07:45.393015+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:40:53.801582
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                     NO. 03-14-00746-CV

                                        C. W., Appellant

                                                v.

               Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

            FROM THE 53RD DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
   NO. D-1-FM-13-002393, HONORABLE SCOTT H. JENKINS, JUDGE PRESIDING

                                           ORDER

PER CURIAM

               Appellant C.W. filed her notice of appeal on November 21, 2014. The appellate

record was complete December 15, 2014, making appellant’s brief due January 5, 2015. On

January 5, 2015, counsel for appellant filed a motion for extension of time to file appellant’s

brief.

               Amendments to 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

counsel to file appellant’s brief no later than January 27, 2015. 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 January 7, 2015.

Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Goodwin and Field