Opinion
NO. 03-12-00833-CV
01-23-2013
C. B., Appellant v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 146TH DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY,
NO. 255,526-B, THE HONORABLE RICK MORRIS, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant C.B. filed her notice of appeal on December 19, 2012. The appellate record was complete January 3, 2013, making appellant's brief due January 23, 2013. On January 18, 2013, counsel for appellant filed a motion for extension of time to file appellant's brief.
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 constrains this Court's leeway in granting extensions. In this instance, we will grant the motion and order counsel to file appellant's brief no later than February 7, 2013. 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 January 22, 2013. Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Goodwin and Field