Opinion
No. 04-19-00422-CV
08-29-2019
IN THE INTEREST OF A.M.L., A CHILD
From the 131st Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2018-PA-01252
Honorable Charles E. Montemayor, Judge Presiding
ORDER
In this accelerated appeal of the trial court's June 4, 2019 order terminating appellant Dad's parental rights, Appellant's brief was due to be filed with this court on August 8, 2019. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.6(a). After this court granted Dad's first motion for extension of time to file the brief, it was due on August 28, 2019. On once-extended due date, Dad filed a second motion—for a five-day extension of time to file his brief.
Appellant's motion is GRANTED. Appellant's brief is due on September 3, 2019. Any further motion for extension of time to file the brief is discouraged. See TEX. R. JUD. ADMIN. 6.2 (directing courts of appeals to dispose of parental rights termination suits "[w]ithin 180 days of the date the notice of appeal is filed").
/s/_________
Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 29th day of August, 2019.
/s/_________
KEITH E. HOTTLE,
Clerk of Court