N. K. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-22-00028-CV

N. K., Appellant

v.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 453RD DISTRICT COURT OF HAYS COUNTY NO. 20-1373, THE HONORABLE MELISSA MCCLENAHAN, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER

PER CURIAM

Appellant N.K. filed his notice of appeal on January 13, 2022. The appellate

record was complete on January 25, 2022, making appellant’s brief due on February 14, 2022.

On February 11, 2022, counsel for appellant filed a motion for extension of time to file

appellant’s brief.

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 motion and order Terry Wesley Baker to file

appellant’s brief no later than March 7, 2022. 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 February 18, 2022.

Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Kelly and Smith.