in the Interest of A.C., a Minor Child ( 2022 )

NUMBER 13-22-00383-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
IN THE INTEREST OF A.C., A MINOR CHILD
On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 5
of Nueces County, Texas.
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Tijerina
Order Per Curiam
This is an appeal of a final order terminating parental rights. Appellant has filed a
first motion for extension of time to file a brief. Appellant’s brief was due on November 17,
2022. Appellant has requested a twenty-day extension to file a brief.
Appeals in parental termination and child protection cases are governed by the
rules of appellate procedure for accelerated appeals but include additional expedited
deadlines and procedures. See TEX. R. APP. P. 28.4; TEX. R. JUD. ADMIN. 6.2(a). The
intermediate appellate courts are directed to ensure “as far as reasonably possible” that
these appeals are brought to final disposition within 180 days of the date the notice of
appeal is filed. TEX. R. JUD. ADMIN. 6.2(a). Given the nature of these cases and the
shortened appellate deadlines, we limit the request to one ten-day extension of time
absent truly extraordinary circumstances. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.6(d).
This Court, having fully examined and considered appellant’s motion is of the
opinion that, in the interest of justice, appellant’s first motion for extension of time to file
her brief should be granted with order. The Court, however, requires strict adherence to
the briefing rules in appeals of parental termination cases, such as this appeal, and looks
with disfavor upon the delay caused by such extension requests. See TEX. R. APP. P.
38.6; see also id. at R. 28.4.
The Court grants appellant’s first motion for extension of time. This motion is
granted insofar as the Court will extend the appellant’s deadline to file her brief for ten
(10) days. Appellant’s brief is due on November 29, 2022. Further motions for extension
of time will not be favorably entertained by this Court, absent extraordinary circumstances.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed on the
18th day of November, 2022.
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