Court Opinion

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In the
             Court of Appeals
     Second Appellate District of Texas
              at Fort Worth
           ___________________________
                No. 02-23-00478-CV
           ___________________________

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GROVER GIBSON

          On Appeal from Probate Court No. 2
                 Tarrant County, Texas
           Trial Court No. 2021-PR02458-2

     Before Wallach, J.; Sudderth, C.J.; and Walker, J.
           Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion
                            MEMORANDUM OPINION

        Appellant Laura Alice Gibson filed a notice of appeal from the trial court’s

interlocutory order denying her motion to compel arbitration. The trial court signed

the order on November 15, 2023, making the notice of appeal due by December 5,

2023. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(b) (setting 20-day deadline for notice of appeal from

interlocutory order); 28.1(a) (stating that appeals from interlocutory orders are

accelerated). However, Gibson did not file her notice of appeal until December 13,

2023.

        The time for filing a notice of appeal is jurisdictional in this court, and absent a

timely filed notice of appeal or extension request, we must dismiss the appeal. Tex. R.

App. P. 25.1(b); Verburgt v. Dorner, 959 S.W.2d 615, 617 (Tex. 1997) (discussing

motions for extension of time to file a notice of appeal and noting that once the

deadline for an extension has passed, an appellate court’s jurisdiction may not be

invoked); Paschal v. Jones, No. 02-23-00357-CV, 2023 WL 7210338, at *1 (Tex. App.—

Fort Worth Nov. 2, 2023, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op.) (dismissing interlocutory

appeal for want of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was untimely filed).

Accordingly, we notified Gibson that the appeal could be dismissed for want of

jurisdiction unless she or another party filed a response showing a reasonable

explanation for the late filing.

        We have not received a response. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want

of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f); Paschal, 2023 WL 7210338, at *1;

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Busby v. PS LPT Props. Invs., No. 01-23-00462-CV, 2023 WL 5615891, at *1 (Tex.

App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 31, 2023, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op.)

(dismissing interlocutory appeal for want of jurisdiction because notice of appeal had

been untimely filed).

                                                    Per Curiam

Delivered: January 25, 2024

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