D. K., Sr. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-13-00816-CV

D. K., Sr., Appellant

v.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 35TH DISTRICT COURT OF MILLS COUNTY, NO. 12-10-6415, THE HONORABLE STEPHEN ELLIS, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER

PER CURIAM

Appellant D. K. filed his notice of appeal on November 12, 2013. The appellate

record was complete January 2, 2014, making appellant=s brief due January 22, 2014. To date,

appellant=s brief has not been filed

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 requires greater compliance with

briefing deadlines. Therefore we order counsel to file appellant=s brief no later than February 18,

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 January 31, 2014.

Before Justices Puryear, Goodwin and Field