A. B. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-19-00610-CV

A. B., Appellant

v.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 146TH DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY NO. 291,046-B, THE HONORABLE JACK WELDON JONES, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER

PER CURIAM

Appellant A. B. filed his notice of appeal on August 27, 2019. Appellant’s brief

was due October 28, 2019. 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 November 20, 2019.

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 November 5, 2019.

Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Kelly