Opinion
NUMBER 13-15-00242-CV
02-08-2016
IN THE INTEREST OF J.S., J.S., AND BABY BOY P., CHILDREN
On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 5 of Nueces County, Texas.
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Benavides
Order Per Curiam
This is an appeal from the June 19, 2015 final order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship between appellant J.P. and her children, J.S., J.S., and Baby Boy P.
We will refer to appellant as J.P. and her children as J.S., J.S., and Baby Boy P. See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 109.002(d) (West, Westlaw through 2015 R.S.) ("On the motion of the parties or on the court's own motion, the appellate court in its opinion may identify the parties by fictitious names or by their initials only."); see also TEX. R. APP. P. 9.8(b) (providing that in a parental-rights termination case, "the court must, in its opinion, use an alias to refer to a minor, and if necessary to protect the minor's identity, to the minor's parent or other family member"). M.S. is the father of J.S. and J.S., and L.C. is the father of Baby Boy P. Neither father is a party in this appeal.
On December 15, 2015, this Court abated the appeal for clarification of the trial court's June 19 order. On January 19, 2016, the trial court entered its clarification order.
Upon receipt of supplemental records containing the trial court's clarification order and a transcript of the hearing on the matter, we reinstated the appeal and ordered appellant to notify this Court of her desire to continue this appeal. On February 2, 2016, counsel for appellant filed a "Motion to Extend Time to File Appellant's Brief." In light of the clarification order, appellant requested "additional time to review, prepare and rebrief her appeal." Appellant's counsel has certified that counsel for appellee the Department of Family and Protective Services (the Department) is not opposed to this motion.
This Court, having fully examined and considered appellant's unopposed motion is of the opinion that her motion for extension of time to file her appellate brief, in this case an AMENDED BRIEF, should be granted. Because this is an accelerated appeal, any further extension of time will not be favorably entertained by this Court, absent extraordinary circumstances. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.6.
Appellant J.P. is hereby ORDERED to file her amended appellate brief with this Court on or before February 29, 2016. See id. R. 38.6(a). Appellee the Department's amended brief will be due 20 days after appellant files her amended brief. See id. R. 38.6(b).
PER CURIAM Delivered and filed the 8th day of February, 2016.