NUMBER 13-22-00415-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

IN THE INTEREST OF A.Y.A., R.D.A., AND J.A.A., CHILDREN

On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 5 of Nueces County, Texas.

ORDER Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Longoria and Silva Order Per Curiam This is an appeal of a final order terminating parental rights. The notice of appeal was filed on September 8, 2022, and appellee’s brief was due on January 23, 2023.

Appellee has filed a motion for extension of time, providing the reason for its request therein. Appellee seeks twenty days of additional time to file the 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 appeals in such cases are brought to final disposition within 180 days of the date the notice of appeal is filed. See TEX. R. JUD. ADMIN. 6.2(a). Accordingly, it is the policy of this Court to limit extensions of time in such cases absent truly extraordinary circumstances.

See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.6(d).

We GRANT IN PART and DENY IN PART appellee’s motion for extension of time and ORDER appellee’s brief to be filed on or before February 6, 2023. No further extensions of time will be granted absent truly exigent and extraordinary circumstances.

PER CURIAM Delivered and filed on the 24th day of January, 2023.