TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-21-00576-CV

E. H., Appellant v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 340TH DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY NO. C200064CPS, THE HONORABLE GARY L. BANKS, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER

PER CURIAM Appellant E. H. filed her notice of appeal on November 9, 2021. The appellate record was complete on November 18, 2021, making appellant’s brief due on December 8, 2021.

To date, appellant’s brief has not been filed.

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) (providing 180 days for court’s final disposition). The accelerated schedule requires greater compliance with briefing deadlines. Therefore, we order Emily Martinez to file appellant’s brief no later than January 3, 2022. 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 December 15, 2021.

Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Smith