Opinion
NO. 03-14-00361-CV
07-21-2014
T. L., Appellant v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 98TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY,
NO. D-1-FM-13-002211, THE HONORABLE SCOTT H. JENKINS, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant T.L. filed her notice of appeal on June 4, 2014. The appellate record was complete June 24, 2014, making appellant's brief due July 14, 2014. To date, appellant's brief has not been filed.
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 August 5, 2014. 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 July 21, 2014. Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton and Field