K. L. M. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Opinion
TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-13-00710-CV
K. L. M., Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 340TH DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY, NO. C-12-0051-CPS, THE HONORABLE JAY K. WEATHERBY, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant K. L. M. filed her notice of appeal on October 22, 2013. The appellate
record was complete November 12, 2013, making appellant=s brief due December 2, 2013.
On December 11, 2013, counsel for appellant filed a motion for extension of time to file
appellant’s brief.
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 constrains this Court’s leeway in granting
extensions. In this instance, we will grant the motion and order counsel to file appellant=s brief
no later than December 23, 2013. 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 December 13, 2013.
Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Pemberton and Field
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