Opinion
NO. 03-16-00357-CV
06-29-2016
K. E. P., Appellant v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 98TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
NO. D-1-FM-14-006547, HONORABLE TIM SULAK, JUDGE PRESIDINGORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant K.E.P. filed her notice of appeal on May 26, 2016. The appellate record was complete June 3, 2016, making appellant's brief due June 23, 2016. To date, appellant's brief has not been filed.
Amendments to 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 requires greater compliance with briefing deadlines. Therefore we order counsel to file appellant's brief no later than July 14, 2016. 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 June 29, 2016. Before Justices Puryear, Goodwin, and Field