Opinion
No. 10-19-00029-CV
05-22-2019
IN THE INTEREST OF B.B., B.B., AND S.B., CHILDREN
From the 278th District Court Leon County, Texas
Trial Court No. 17-0491CV
ORDER
The motion to exceed the word count limit filed by the appellee on May 7, 2019 has been considered by the Court. The motion is granted. The Department of Family and Protective Service's brief with 1,717 words in excess of the 15,000 word limit has been filed. These excess words will be deducted from the authorized word limit of any future filing in this proceeding by the appellee.
The Court has noted that the brief filed by the appellee uses aliases that are different from those used by the appellant.See, generally, Tex. R. App. P. 9.8(b). In all future filings, if the use of aliases is necessary, the appellee is ordered to use the same aliases as the appellant to avoid unnecessary confusion.
For the mother, father, and three children, the appellant used the aliases "Hannah," "Stephen," "Bart," "Brandon," and "Sam," respectively. For the same parties, for no apparent reason the appellee used the aliases "Hazel," "Sid," "Ben," "Bill," and "Seth," respectively. None of these names are the actual names of the parents or children. We see no justification for the appellee to unnecessarily complicate the briefing in this case by using different aliases.
But for the severe time constraints within which this appeal must be concluded, the Court would strike the brief and order it redrawn using the aliases used by the appellant.
PER CURIAM Before Chief Justice Gray, Justice Davis, and Justice Neill
Motion granted
Order delivered and filed May 22, 2019