C. G. and B. E. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
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Opinion
TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-18-00852-CV
C. G. and B. E., Appellants
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 274TH DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY NO. C2015-0540C, THE HONORABLE MELISSA MCCLENAHAN, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellants C. G. and B. E. filed their notices of appeal on December 18, 2018, and
December 31, 2018, respectively. The appellate record was complete February 5, 2019, making
appellants’ briefs due February 25, 2019. On February 25, 2019, counsel for appellants filed
motions for extension of time to file appellants’ briefs.
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 grant the motions and order counsel to file appellants’ briefs no
later than March 18, 2019. If the briefs are not filed by that date, counsel may be required to show
cause why they should not be held in contempt of court.
It is ordered on February 28, 2019. Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Triana
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