Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2021-08-02 07:21:10.048408+00
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Order filed July 27, 2021.

                                      In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
                                   ____________

                              NO. 14-21-00345-CV
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                        PEGGY ANDERSON, Appellant

                                        V.

                      COLITA D. CAMPBELL, Appellee

                    On Appeal from the Probate Court No. 2
                            Harris County, Texas
                        Trial Court Cause No. 486133

                                   ORDER

      This is an appeal from a judgment signed May 24, 2021. The notice of
appeal was due June 23, 2021. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1. Appellant, however, filed
the notice of appeal on June 24, 2021, a date within 15 days of the due date for the
notice of appeal. A motion for extension of time is necessarily implied when the
perfecting instrument is filed within 15 days of its due date. Verburgt v. Dorner,
959 S.W.2d 615, 617 (Tex. 1997). Appellant did not file a motion to extend time to
file the notice of appeal. While an extension may be implied, appellant is still
obligated to come forward with a reasonable explanation to support the late filing.
See Miller v. Greenpark Surgery Center Assocs., Ltd., 974 S.W.2d 805, 808 (Tex.
App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1998, no pet.).
      Accordingly, we ORDER appellant to file a proper motion to extend time to
file the notice of appeal on or before 10 days after the date of this order. See Tex.
R. App. P. 26.3;10.5(b). If appellant does not comply with this order, we will
dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3.

                                  PER CURIAM

Panel Consists of Justices Wise, Jewell, and Spain.