Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-16 00:11:08.911706+00
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Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed January 12, 2023.

                                     In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                             NO. 14-22-00900-CV

                    SHARON LEE DOWNES, Appellant

                                       V.
                  KAREN ANN BRINDAMOUR, Appellee

                   On Appeal from the 461st District Court
                          Brazoria County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 116506-F

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      This is an attempted appeal from a protective order signed March 11, 2022.
See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 81.009(a) (allowing appeals from protective orders
rendered under Family Code title 4, subtitle B, Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §§ 81.001-
88.008). Appellant filed a timely motion for new trial on March 16, 2022.
Appellant’s notice of appeal was filed December 5, 2022.
      When appellant has filed a timely post-judgment motion, the notice of
appeal must be filed within 90 days after the date the appealable order is signed.
See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(a).

      Appellant’s notice of appeal was not filed timely. A motion to extend time is
necessarily implied when an appellant, acting in good faith, files a notice of appeal
beyond the time allowed by Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.1, but within
the 15-day grace period provided by Rule 26.3 for filing a motion to extend time.
See Verburgt v. Dorner, 959 S.W.2d 615, 617–18 (1997) (construing the
predecessor to Rule 26). Appellant’s notice of appeal was not filed within the 15-
day period provided by Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.3.

      On December 9, 2022, notification was transmitted to all parties the appeal
was subject to dismissal without further notice for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R.
App. P. 42.3(a). Appellant’s response fails to demonstrate that this court has
jurisdiction to entertain the appeal.

      Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed.

                                        PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Zimmerer, Spain, and Hassan.

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