N. P. and J. P. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided June 11, 2019·No. 03-19-00217-CV·Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-19-00217-CV

N. P. and J. P., Appellants

v.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 207TH DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY NO. C2017-2053B THE HONORABLE CHARLES A. STEPHENS II, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER

Appellants N. P. and J. P. filed their notices of appeal on March 29, 2019, and

April 2, 2019, respectively. The appellate record was complete May 9, 2019, making appellants’

briefs due May 29, 2019. To date, appellant N. P. has not filed a 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 requires greater compliance with briefing

deadlines. Therefore, we order N. P. to file appellant’s brief no later than June 21, 2019. If the

brief is not filed by that date, the appeal of N. P. may be dismissed for want of prosecution.

It is ordered on June 11, 2019. Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Triana

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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-19-00217-CV

N. P. and J. P., Appellants

v.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 207TH DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY NO. C2017-2053B THE HONORABLE CHARLES A. STEPHENS II, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER

Appellants N. P. and J. P. filed their notices of appeal on March 29, 2019, and

April 2, 2019, respectively. The appellate record was complete May 9, 2019, making appellants’

briefs due May 29, 2019. To date, appellant N. P. has not filed a 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 requires greater compliance with briefing

deadlines. Therefore, we order N. P. to file appellant’s brief no later than June 21, 2019. If the

brief is not filed by that date, the appeal of N. P. may be dismissed for want of prosecution.

It is ordered on June 11, 2019. Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Triana

N. P. and J. P. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, (Tex. Ct. App. 2019).

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