Opinion
04-23-00993-CV
01-22-2024
IN THE INTEREST OF M. R. S., C. A. H., children
From the 131st Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2022PA00314 Honorable Charles E. Montemayor, Judge Presiding
ORDER
LUZ ELENA D. CHAPA, JUSTICE
Appellant F.S. and appellant A.H.'s briefs were each due January 17, 2023. Appellant F.S. has filed a motion for a twenty-day extension of time to file a brief. We grant the motion and order appellant's brief filed by February 6, 2024. This is an accelerated appeal of an order in a suit for termination of the parent-child relationship that must be disposed of by this court within 180 days of the date the notice of appeal was filed in the trial court. See Tex. R. Jud. Admin. 6.2. Because of the time constraints governing the disposition of this appeal, further requests for extensions of time will be disfavored.
Neither the brief nor a motion for extension of time has been filed by Appellant A.H. We order Joanne Eakle, appellant's court-appointed appellate attorney, to file appellant's brief by February 1, 2024. Appellant is advised that no extensions of time will be granted absent a showing of extraordinary circumstances. If the brief is not filed by the date ordered, the court may abate the appeal and remand the case to the trial court for a hearing to determine whether appellant or counsel has abandoned this appeal.