TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-22-00285-CV

A. K. and T. A., Appellants v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 201ST DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY NO. D-1-FM-19-008463, THE HONORABLE JAN SOIFER, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER

PER CURIAM Appellants A.K. and T.A. filed their notices of appeal on May 18, 2022. The appellate record was complete on June 9, 2022, making appellants’ briefs due on June 29, 2022.

On June 28, 2022, counsel for A.K. filed a motion for extension of time to file appellant’s brief.

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 constrains this Court’s leeway in granting extensions. In this instance, we will grant the motion in part. Therefore, we order Lisa Marie Mims and Robert Galvin to file appellants’ briefs no later than July 19, 2022. If the briefs are not filed by that date, counsel may be required to show cause why they should not be held in contempt of court.

It is ordered on July 8, 2022.

Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Kelly