Opinion
NUMBER 13-20-00402-CV
11-13-2020
IN THE INTEREST OF C.M.D., MINOR CHILD
On appeal from the 377th District Court of Victoria County, Texas.
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Longoria and Perkes
Order Per Curiam
This is an appeal of a final order terminating parental rights. The second amended notice of appeal of S.G. was filed on September 29, 2020. On October 23, 2020, this Court granted appellant S.G.'s motion for extension of time, and appellant's brief was due November 9, 2020. Appellant has filed a second unopposed motion for extension of time and seeks an additional fourteen days to file her brief.
Appeals in parental termination and child protection cases are governed by the rules of appellate procedure for accelerated appeals but include additional expedited deadlines and procedures. See TEX. R. APP. P. 28.4; TEX. R. JUD. ADMIN. 6.2(a). The intermediate appellate courts are directed to ensure "as far as reasonably possible" that appeals in such cases are brought to final disposition within 180 days of the date the notice of appeal is filed. See TEX. R. JUD. ADMIN. 6.2(a). Accordingly, it is the policy of this Court to limit extensions of time in such cases absent truly extraordinary circumstances. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.6(d).
We GRANT appellant S.G..'s second unopposed motion for extension of time and ORDER appellant's brief to be filed on or before November 24, 2020. NO FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF TIME WILL BE GRANTED.
PER CURIAM Delivered and filed the 13th day of November, 2020.