Opinion
NO. 03-12-00518-CV
09-12-2012
S. C., Appellant v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 146TH DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY
NO. 251,311-B, THE HONORABLE RICK MORRIS, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant S.C. filed her notice of appeal on August 1, 2012. The appellant's brief was filed on August 20, 2012, making appellee's brief due September 10, 2012. On September 7, 2012, counsel for appellee filed a motion for extension of time to file her brief.
Recent 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), available at http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/MiscDocket/12/12903200.pdf (providing 180 days for court's final disposition). The accelerated schedule constrains this Court's leeway in granting extensions. In this instance, we will grant in part the motion and order counsel to file appellee's brief no later than September 27, 2012. If the brief is not filed by that date, counsel may be required to show cause why she should not be held in contempt of court.
It is ordered on September 12, 2012. Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton and Henson