W. C. and L. H. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services ( 2012 )

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-12-00495-CV

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

O R D E R PER CURIAM Appellant L. H. filed her notice of appeal on June 29, 2012.  The appellate record was complete August 23, 2012, making appellant=s brief due September 12, 2012.  On September 17, 2012, counsel for appellant filed a motion for extension of time to file her 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 Ms. Tiffany Crouch Bartlett to file appellant=s brief no later than October 9, 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 September 19, 2012. Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Rose and Goodwin