### NUM BER 13-0 8-30 9-CV 

## COURT OF A PP EA LS T H I R T E E N T H D I S T R I C T O F T E X AS CORPUS CHRI ST I -E DI NBURG

____ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _______ _ JOH NSO N B. HON TA NOS AS, A pp ellan t,
v . M OON YEEN H ONTA NOS AS, A pp ellee.

____ ____ ____ ____ __ _ _ _ _ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___ On a p p ea l f ro m th e C o u n ty C o u rta t L awN o . 4 of H ida lgo C ou nty , T exas .

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## ME MOR A ND UM OP IN ION Be fo re Ju stice s R od rigu ez, B en av ide s, an d Vela M emo rand um Opin ion Pe r Cu riam App ellant , John son B. Honta nosa s, atte mp ted t o perfect an app eal f rom a div orce decree ent ered by

the Cou nty Cou rt at Law No. 4 of H ida lg o Cou nty , Tex as, in Cau se No. F- 2037- 06- 4. W e di smi ss the appeal for want o f jur is dicti on.2

The order

su bje ct to ap peal w as si g ned on Septe m b e r 4 , 2007, butthe noti ce of app eal w as no t f iled un til Janua ry 15, 20 08. On June 6, 200 8, t h e Clerk of this Court noti fied appe ll ant t hat t he appe al did not appear to hav e been ti m e ly

fil ed s o tha t s teps coul d be tak en to co rrectthe defect, if i t c oul d be d o n e . T h e C our t req uest ed th at
a p p e ll a n tf il e a re s p o n s e re ga rd in g t h e t im e li n e s s o f h i s n o t ic e o f

a p p e a l wi t h in t e n d a ys f rom th e da te of

receipt of

this Court’s letter, and n otif ied app ellantt hatt he a ppe al w ould be di smi ss ed i f the defect w as not cured after the ex pirati on of ten day s from the date of receiptof

this letter. Appel lan t fil ed a re spons e ent it led “ Mo ti on to Extend Time to Pay F il ing F ee after Con si derati on of Att ached Aff ida v itof Indi gence w it h Ex pla nati on of W hy Appea l w as Perfecte d T ime ly .” Appellee , Moonyeen Honta nosa s, has sub sequen tly f iled a “Conte st to Ap pellan t’s Motion to Exten d T ime to Pa y Fili ng Fee af

ter Conside ration of

his Af f idavit of Purp orted I ndi g ence and M oti on to D is mis s A ppeal .” After due c onsi derati on of thes e ple adi ng s, w e D EN Yappel lan t’ s mot ion to extend time to pay filing fe e an d f urthe r DENY app ellant ’s mo tion seeking add itiona l time to correct defici enci es in the fil ing of the a ppeal. W e GRAN T appel lee ’s moti on to di smi ss the appeal

. As sta ted p re v iou sl y , t he order subj ect to appeal w as si g ned on September 4, 2007. Appel lan t fil ed a moti on for new tr ial , and ac cordin g ly , t he not ic e of appeal w as due on Dec ember

3, 2007, but the noti ce of ap peal w as not filed unti l Janua ry 15, 2008. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 26.1 (a )( 1)

. The ti mes for fil ing a no ti ce of appeal are j ur is dicti onal , and abs ent a ti mely fil ed not ic e of appeal or an extens ion req uest , w e must dismi ss the appeal

. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 2 , 25. 1( b) , 26. 3; Ver bur gt v . D or ner , 959 S.W .2d 615, 61 7 (T e x. 1997)3

(h old ing thatonc e extens ion peri od has pas sed, a pa rty ca n no lon g er

i nv oke an appe ll ate
cour t' s j ur is dicti on) ; see als o Bar re ra v. C anales , N o. 04 -0 1-0 0 2 2 1- CV , 200 1 Tex . Ap p. LEXIS 38 78, *2 (Te x . App .–S an An ton io June 13, 20 01, no pe t.) (per curiam). The Co urt, h a vi ng ex amined and fully co nsi dered th e doc uments on fil e and appel lan t’ s fai lure to ti mely per fect his appeal , is of the opini on th at t he appe al shoul d be dis mis sed fo r w ant o f jur is dicti on. Acc ordin g ly , t he appe al is hereby D ISM ISSE D FO R W AN T OF JU RI SD IC TION

. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 42 .3(a),(c). P E RC U R I A M Me moran dum Opi nio n del iv ered and filed thi s t he 29th day

of Aug ust , 200 8.