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

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided June 29, 2016·No. 03-16-00357-CV·Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-16-00357-CV

K. E. P., Appellant

v.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 98TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY NO. D-1-FM-14-006547, HONORABLE TIM SULAK, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER

Appellant K.E.P. filed her notice of appeal on May 26, 2016. The appellate

record was complete June 3, 2016, making appellant’s brief due June 23, 2016. To date,

appellant’s brief has 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 counsel to file appellant’s brief no later

than July 14, 2016. If the brief is not filed by that date, counsel may be required to show cause

why he should not be held in contempt of court.

It is ordered on June 29, 2016.

Before Justices Puryear, Goodwin, and Field

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

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

K. E. P. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (K. E. P. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.