Opinion
NO. 03-17-00451-CV
08-17-2017
S. S., Appellant v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW OF BASTROP COUNTY
NO. 15-17513 , THE HONORABLE BENTON ESKEW, JUDGE PRESIDING ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant S.S. filed his notice of appeal on July 7, 2017. The appellate record was complete July 26, 2017, making appellant's brief due August 15, 2017. On August 14, 2017, counsel for appellant filed a motion for extension of time to file appellant's brief.
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 constrains this Court's leeway in granting extensions. In this instance, we will grant the motion and order counsel to file appellant's brief no later than August 30, 2017. 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 August 17, 2017. Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Pemberton and Goodwin