David Michael Kelly 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.  03-11-00670-CV

David Michael Kelly, Appellant

v.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 98th District Court OF Travis COUNTY, NO. D-1-FM-09-000978, The Honorable Tim Sulak, JUDGE PRESIDING

O R D E R PER CURIAM Appellant David Michael Kelly filed his notice of appeal on October 27, 2011.  The appellant=s brief was filed June 5, 2012, making appellee=s brief due June 25, 2012.  On June 22, 2012, counsel for appellee 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 in part and order counsel to file appellee=s brief no later than July 11, 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 June 26, 2012. Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Pemberton and Rose