in the Interest of A.Y.A., R.D.A., and J.A.A., Children

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 24, 2023
• Docket: 13-22-00415-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-22-00415-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

IN THE INTEREST OF A.Y.A., R.D.A., AND J.A.A., CHILDREN

On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 5 of Nueces County, Texas.

ORDER

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

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

was filed on September 8, 2022, and appellee’s brief was due on January 23, 2023.

Appellee has filed a motion for extension of time, providing the reason for its request

therein. Appellee seeks twenty 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 appellee’s motion for extension of time

and ORDER appellee’s brief to be filed on or before February 6, 2023. No further

extensions of time will be granted absent truly exigent and extraordinary circumstances.

PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed on the 24th day of January, 2023.