Opinion
NO. 03-12-00391-CV
08-03-2012
A. N. A., Appellant v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 340TH DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY
NO. C-11-0002-CPS, THE HONORABLE JAY K. WEATHERBY, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant A.N.A. filed her notice of appeal on April 23, 2012. The appellate record was complete July 9, 2012, making appellant's brief due July 30, 2012. On July 31, 2012, counsel for appellant filed a motion for extension of time to file his brief.
Recent 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), available at http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/MiscDocket/12/12903200.pdf (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 in part and order counsel to file appellant's brief no later than August 20, 2012. 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 August 3, 2012. Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Rose and Goodwin