Opinion
NO. 03-15-00059-CV
03-03-2015
C. H., Appellant v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 119TH DISTRICT COURT OF RUNNELS COUNTY
NO. 844, HONORABLE BEN WOODWARD, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant C.H. filed his notice of appeal on January 26, 2015. The appellate record was complete February 9, 2015, making appellant's brief due March 2, 2015. On March 2, 2015, counsel for appellant filed a motion for extension of time to file appellant's brief.
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) (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 counsel to file appellant's brief no later than March 17, 2015. 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 March 3, 2015. Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton, and Bourland