Case Name: IN the MATTER OF the MARRIAGE OF Clinton BOWERS and Barbara Bowers
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 2015-10-27
Citations: 479 S.W.3d 457
Docket Number: NO. 14-15-00021-CV
Parties: IN the MATTER OF the MARRIAGE OF Clinton BOWERS and Barbara Bowers
Judges: Panel consists of Justices Jamison, MeCally, and Wise.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 479
Pages: 457–458

Head Matter:
IN the MATTER OF the MARRIAGE OF Clinton BOWERS and Barbara Bowers
NO. 14-15-00021-CV
Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).
Majority and Dissenting Opinions filed October 27, 2015
Rehearing Overruled November 19, 2015
Clinton Bowers, Pearland, TX, for appellant.
Barbara Bowers, Carolyn L. MeElroy, Houston, TX, for appellee. ,
Panel consists of Justices Jamison, MeCally, and Wise.

Opinion:
OPINION
Ken Wise, Justice
This is- an' appeal from a judgment signed December 12, 2014. The clerk's record was filed February 9,. 2016.. The reporter's record was filed February 10, 2015. Appellant filed a brief that failed to substantially comply with Rule 38 of. the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See Tex. R.,App. P. 38.1(a), (c), (f), and (i). On September 1, 2015, appellant was ordered to file an amended .¡brief within thirty days or the appeal would be dismissed for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.9 and 42.3(b).
On September 29, 2015, appellant filed a motion for extension of time to file his amended brief. The motion fails to state the length of the extension sought or any facts relied upon to explain- the need for an extension. See Tex. R. App. P. 10.5(b)(1)(B) and (C). Accordingly, appellants motion is denied and the appeal is ordered dismissed. .
(McCally, J., dissenting)