Court Opinion

ID: 6316151
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-02-22 11:11:35.397479+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:01:42.505844
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                     NO. 03-21-00670-CV

                                        A. F., Appellant

                                                v.

                Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

      FROM THE 425TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY
     NO. 20-0087-CPS425, THE HONORABLE BETSY F. LAMBETH, JUDGE PRESIDING

                                           ORDER

PER CURIAM

               Appellant A.F. filed his notice of appeal on December 21, 2021. The record

was complete on January 11, 2022, making appellant’s brief due on January 31, 2022. On

February 11, 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 Kenneth A. Richey, Jr. to file

appellant’s brief no later than March 3, 2022. 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 so ordered on February 17, 2022.

Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Kelly and Smith.

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