T. M. and J. R. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
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Opinion
TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-14-00784-CV
T. M. and J. R., Appellants
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 146TH DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, NO. 262,252-B, JACK WELDON JONES, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellants T.M. and J.R. filed their notices of appeal on December 9, 2014
and December 11, 2014 respectively. The appellate record was complete December 19, 2014,
making appellants’ briefs due January 8, 2015. Counsel for appellants have filed motions for
extension of time to file appellants’ briefs.
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)
(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
Justin Bradford Smith and David A. Castillo to file the appellants= briefs no later than January
28, 2015. 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 January 13, 2015.
Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Goodwin and Field
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