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D.R. v. Tex. Dep't of Family & Protective Servs.

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
Mar 19, 2021
NO. 03-21-00084-CV (Tex. App. Mar. 19, 2021)

Opinion

NO. 03-21-00084-CV

03-19-2021

D. R., Appellant v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee


FROM THE 22ND DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY
NO. C2020-0451A, THE HONORABLE MELISSA MCCLENAHAN, JUDGE PRESIDINGORDER

PER CURIAM

Appellant D. R. filed her notice of appeal on February 8, 2021. The appellate record was complete on March 1, 2021, making appellant's brief due on March 22, 2021. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6. On March 18, 2021, counsel for appellant filed a motion for extension of time to file appellant's brief.

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 Terry Baker to file appellant's brief no later than April 12, 2021. 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 19, 2021. Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Baker and Smith


Summaries of

D.R. v. Tex. Dep't of Family & Protective Servs.

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
Mar 19, 2021
NO. 03-21-00084-CV (Tex. App. Mar. 19, 2021)
Case details for

D.R. v. Tex. Dep't of Family & Protective Servs.

Case Details

Full title:D. R., Appellant v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services…

Court:TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

Date published: Mar 19, 2021

Citations

NO. 03-21-00084-CV (Tex. App. Mar. 19, 2021)