D. M. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-19-00918-CV

D. M., Appellant

v.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 53RD DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY NO. D-1-FM-18-000957, THE HONORABLE DARLENE BYRNE, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER

Appellant D. M. filed her notice of appeal on December 17, 2019. The appellate

record was complete January 14, 2020, making appellant’s brief due February 3, 2020. 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 Mark T. Zuniga to file appellant’s brief no later than

February 25, 2020. 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 February 11, 2020.

Before Justices Goodwin, Kelly, and Smith