Court Opinion

ID: 4663613
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Date Created: 2021-03-01 08:16:41.149364+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:02:30.087890
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NUMBER 13-20-00558-CV

                            COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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   IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE OF JONATHAN MARTELL
          GOODWIN AND TEQUISHA MA-REE GOODWIN
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             On appeal from the 214th District Court
                   of Nueces County, Texas.
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                         MEMORANDUM OPINION
             Before Justices Benavides, Longoria, and Tijerina
               Memorandum Opinion by Justice Benavides

      This cause is before the Court on appellant’s motion for leave to file notice of

appeal. On December 18, 2020, appellant filed a notice of restricted appeal of a dismissal

signed on March 4, 2019, by the 214th Judicial District of Nueces County, Texas, in cause

number 2017-FAM-4398-F. We now dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

      A restricted appeal is perfected when notice of appeal is filed within six months

after the order is signed. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1(c). The Court may extend the time to file
the notice of appeal if, within 15 days after the deadline for filing the notice of appeal, a

motion to extend is filed. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.3 (emphasis added).

       Accordingly, the motion for leave is denied as untimely filed, and the Court having

considered the documents on file and appellant’s failure to timely perfect this restricted

appeal and failure to timely file a motion for extension, is of the opinion the appeal should

be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).

                                                                GINA BENAVIDES
                                                                Justice

Delivered and filed on the
25th day of February, 2021.

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