Opinion
01-24-00347-CV
07-15-2024
In the Interest of R.A.L., a Child
310th District Court of Harris County, Trial court case number: 2021-01001
ORDER
Amparo Monique Guerra, Judge
Appellant, mother, filed a notice of appeal from the trial court's April 29, 2024 Final Decree in Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship. Mother's brief was due to be filed with the Court on or before June 19, 2024. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(a). No brief was filed by the deadline. Accordingly, on June 20, 2024, the Clerk of the Court notified mother that the time to file her brief had expired and that her appeal was subject to dismissal unless she filed a brief or motion to extend time to file a brief within ten days of the date of the notice. On July 1, 2024, mother, through counsel, filed a motion for extension of time to file her appellant's brief. See Tex. R App. P. 10.1(a)(5). In the motion, mother requested "an additional 20 days to file" her brief.
Mother's motion is granted. Mother's brief is due to be filed on or before July 22, 2024. Because this appeal involves the termination of the parent-child relationship, this Court is required, so far as reasonably possible, to bring the appeal to final disposition no later than November 1, 2024, which is 180 days from the date the notice of appeal was filed, May 7, 2024. See Tex. R. Jud. Admin. 6.2, reprinted in Tex. Gov't. Code Ann., tit. 2, subtit. F app. Accordingly, no further extensions of time will be granted absent extraordinary circumstances.
It is so ORDERED.