in the Interest of M.F. and J.F., Children

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 28, 2014
• Docket: 13-14-00286-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-14-00286-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

IN THE INTEREST OF M.F. & J.F., CHILDREN

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

ORDER Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Benavides Order Per Curiam

This is an appeal of a final order terminating parental rights. Appellant’s brief in

this matter was due on July 28, 2014. On July 23, 2014, appellant filed a motion for

extension of time seeking an additional twenty days 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 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). Given the nature of these cases and the

shortened appellate deadlines, the Court does not favor motions for extension of time to

file the record or briefs. In accordance with the limited time for consideration of these

appeals, it is the policy of this Court to limit extensions of time to file a brief to one ten-

day extension of time absent truly extraordinary circumstances. See TEX. R. APP. P.

38.6(d).

Accordingly, we ORDER appellant’s counsel, the Honorable G. Marc Cervantes,

to file the brief within ten days of the date of this order. No further extensions of time will

be granted absent truly exigent and extraordinary circumstances. The Clerk of this Court

is ORDERED to serve a copy of this order on appellant by certified mail, return receipt

requested.

It is so ORDERED.

PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed this 28th day of July 2014.