E. E. and C. C. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Court of Appeals of Texas

E. E. and C. C. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided November 15, 2019·No. 03-19-00741-CV·Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-19-00741-CV

E. E. and C. C., Appellants v.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 421ST DISTRICT COURT OF CALDWELL COUNTY NO. 18-FL-081, THE HONORABLE CHRIS SCHNEIDER, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER

PER CURIAM Appellant E. E. filed her notice of appeal on October 16, 2019. The appellate record was complete October 28, 2019, making appellant’s brief due November 14, 2019. On November 14, 2019, counsel for appellant E. E. filed a motion for extension of time to file appellant’s brief.

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 will grant the motion and order counsel to file appellant’s brief no later than December 4, 2019. If the brief is not filed by that date, counsel may be required to show cause why she should not be held in contempt of court.

It is ordered on November 15, 2019.

Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Triana and Smith

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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-19-00741-CV

E. E. and C. C., Appellants v.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 421ST DISTRICT COURT OF CALDWELL COUNTY NO. 18-FL-081, THE HONORABLE CHRIS SCHNEIDER, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER

PER CURIAM Appellant E. E. filed her notice of appeal on October 16, 2019. The appellate record was complete October 28, 2019, making appellant’s brief due November 14, 2019. On November 14, 2019, counsel for appellant E. E. filed a motion for extension of time to file appellant’s brief.

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 will grant the motion and order counsel to file appellant’s brief no later than December 4, 2019. If the brief is not filed by that date, counsel may be required to show cause why she should not be held in contempt of court.

It is ordered on November 15, 2019.

Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Triana and Smith

E. E. and C. C. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, (Tex. Ct. App. 2019).

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