Opinion
No. 04-16-00724-CV
12-22-2016
IN THE INTEREST OF R.S.-T., A CHILD
From the 25th Judicial District Court, Guadalupe County, Texas
Trial Court No. 14-2048-CV
Honorable W.C. Kirkendall, Judge Presiding
ORDER
In this accelerated appeal of the October 13, 2016 order terminating Appellant's parental rights, Appellant's brief was due to be filed with this court on December 19, 2016. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.6(a). On the brief's due date, Appellant filed a motion for a twenty-day extension of time to file Appellant's brief.
Appellant's motion is GRANTED. Appellant's brief must be filed with this court by January 9, 2017. See id. Further motions for extension of time to file Appellant's brief are discouraged. See TEX. R. JUD. ADMIN. 6.2, (directing courts of appeals to dispose of SAPCR 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 22nd day of December, 2016.
/s/_________
Keith E. Hottle
Clerk of Court