Opinion
NO. 03-12-00495-CV
11-02-2012
W. C. and L. H., Appellant v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE 126TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY,
NO. D-1-FM-11-000261,
THE HONORABLE SUZANNE COVINGTON, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellants W.C. and L.H. filed their notices of appeal on July 19, 2012, and June 29, 2012, respectively. The appellants' briefing was completed on October 11, 2012, making appellee's brief due October 31, 2012. On October 31 counsel for appellee filed a motion for extension of time to file the appellee'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 in part the motion and order counsel to file appellee's brief no later than November 19, 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 so ordered on November 2, 2012. Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Rose and Goodwin