M. L. and S. D. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
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Opinion
TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-22-00541-CV
M. L. and S. D., Appellants
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 146TH DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY NO. 322,622, THE HONORABLE JACK WELDON JONES, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant M. L. and S. D. filed their notices of appeal on August 29, 2022, and
August 30, 2022, respectively. The appellate record was complete on September 12, 2022,
making appellants’ briefs due on October 3, 2022. On October 3, 2022, and October 4, 2022,
counsel for appellants filed motions for extension of time to file appellants’ briefs.
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 constrains this Court’s leeway in granting
extensions. In this instance, we will grant the motions and order Yolanda Cortes Mares and
Elizabeth Schwartz to file appellants’ briefs no later than October 24, 2022. If the briefs are
not filed by that date, counsel may be required to show cause why they should not be held in
contempt of court. It is ordered on October 7, 2022.
Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Kelly
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