S. M. M. and K. A. M. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO.  03-12-00585-CV

S. M. M. and K. A. M., Appellants

v.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 425th Judicial District Court OF Williamson COUNTY NO. 10-3151-F425 The Honorable Mark J. Silverstone, JUDGE PRESIDING

O R D E R PER CURIAM Appellants S.M.M. and K.A.M. filed their notice of appeal on August 30, 2012.  The appellate record was complete September 20, 2012, making appellants’ brief due October 10, 2012. To date, appellants’ brief has not been filed. Recent 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 requires greater compliance with briefing deadlines.  Therefore we order counsel to file appellants’ brief no later than November 12, 2012.  If the brief is not filed by that date, counsel may be required to show cause why she should not be held in contempt of court. It is ordered on October 23, 2012. Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton and Henson