in the Interest of A.M.M., M.A.M., K.A.M., J.G.M., J.E.M., and J.I.M.P., Children

Opinion

NUMBER 13-21-00114-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

IN THE INTEREST OF A.M.M., M.A.M., K.A.M., J.G.M., J.E.M., AND J.I.M.P., CHILDREN

On appeal from the 138th District Court of Cameron County, Texas.

ORDER

Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Silva Order Per Curiam

This is an appeal of a final order terminating parental rights. The notice of appeal

was filed on April 21, 2021, and appellant’s brief was due June 22, 2021. Appellant has

filed a motion for extension of time, providing the reason for her request therein. Appellant

seeks thirty days of additional time to file the brief.

Appeals in parental termination and child protection cases are governed by the

rules of appellate procedure for accelerated appeals but include additional expedited deadlines and procedures. See TEX. R. APP. P. 28.4; TEX. R. JUD. ADMIN. 6.2(a). The

intermediate appellate courts are directed to ensure “as far as reasonably possible” that

appeals in such cases are brought to final disposition within 180 days of the date the

notice of appeal is filed. See TEX. R. JUD. ADMIN. 6.2(a). Accordingly, it is the policy of this

Court to limit extensions of time in such cases absent truly extraordinary circumstances.

See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.6(d).

We GRANT in part AND DENY in part appellant’s motion for extension of time and

ORDER appellant’s brief to be filed on or before July 12, 2021. No further extensions of

time will be granted absent truly exigent and extraordinary circumstances.

Delivered and filed on the 22nd day of June, 2021.