E. P. and N. P. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Court of Appeals of Texas

E. P. and N. P. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided January 20, 2016·No. 03-15-00618-CV·Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-15-00618-CV

E. P. and N. P., Appellants v.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 207TH DISTRICT COURT OF CALDWELL COUNTY NO. 14-FL-056, HONORABLE MELISSA MCCLENAHAN, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER

PER CURIAM In this appeal from an order terminating parental rights, the appellate record was complete December 21, 2015, making appellants’ briefs due January 11, 2016. To date, appellants’ briefs have 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 Tracy Lynn Harting and James Handy to file appellants’ briefs no later than February 1, 2016. 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 January 20, 2016.

Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Pemberton and Bourland

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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-15-00618-CV

E. P. and N. P., Appellants v.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 207TH DISTRICT COURT OF CALDWELL COUNTY NO. 14-FL-056, HONORABLE MELISSA MCCLENAHAN, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER

PER CURIAM In this appeal from an order terminating parental rights, the appellate record was complete December 21, 2015, making appellants’ briefs due January 11, 2016. To date, appellants’ briefs have 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 Tracy Lynn Harting and James Handy to file appellants’ briefs no later than February 1, 2016. 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 January 20, 2016.

Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Pemberton and Bourland

E. P. and N. P. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, (Tex. Ct. App. 2016).

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