J. R. v. the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-13-00483-CV

J. R., Appellant

v.

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 340TH DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY NO. C-12-0056-CPS, THE HONORABLE JAY K. WEATHERBY, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER

Appellant J.R. filed her notice of appeal on July 8, 2013. Appellant’s brief was due

August 13, 2013. To date, appellant’s brief has not been filed.

Recent 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),

available at http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/MiscDocket/12/12903200.pdf (providing 180 days

for court’s final disposition). The accelerated schedule requires greater compliance with briefing

deadlines. Therefore we order counsel to file appellant’s brief no later than September 3, 2013. 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 August 16, 2013.

Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Pemberton and Field