K. M.-J. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
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Opinion
TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-12-00159-CV
Karla Moten-Jenkins, Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 146TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. 246,338-B, HONORABLE RICK MORRIS, JUDGE PRESIDING
PER CURIAM
Appellant Karla Moten-Jenkins filed her notice of appeal on March 15, 2012. The appellate record was complete on March 26, 2012, and the Court extended the time for filing appellant's brief to April 18, 2012. On March 27, 2012, appellant's counsel filed a motion seeking an extension of time to file the brief until April 28, 2012.
Recent amendments to the rules of judicial administration accelerate the final disposition of appeals from suits for termination of the parent-child relationship. 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). Accordingly, we grant the motion for extension of time and order counsel to file appellant's brief no later than April 30, 2012. 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 April 5, 2012.
Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Pemberton and Rose
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