Court Opinion

ID: 4419983
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2019-07-25 14:52:02.463873+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:52:59.627742
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In The

                                     Court of Appeals

                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

                                 __________________

                                 NO. 09-19-00184-CV
                                 __________________

                  IN THE INTEREST OF M.M.G. AND A.A.M.

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               On Appeal from the 253rd District Court
                       Liberty County, Texas
                     Trial Cause No. CV1814042
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                            MEMORANDUM OPINION

      The trial court signed a judgment terminating appellant’s parental rights on

April 1, 2019. On June 21, 2019, we notified the parties that the notice of appeal did

not appear to have been timely filed. The appellant filed a response, in which

appellant stated that she had timely filed a motion for new trial and requested

additional time to file her brief.

      Appellant filed notice of appeal on June 17, 2019, more than twenty days from

the date of the judgment and outside the period for which we may grant an extension

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of time to perfect appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(b), 26.3. In an accelerated appeal,

the filing of a motion for new trial does not extend the appellate deadlines. See In

the Interest of K.A.F., 160 S.W.3d 923, 925, 927-28 (Tex. 2005); see also Tex. R.

App. P. 26.1(b). This Court lacks jurisdiction over this appeal. Accordingly, we

dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

      APPEAL DISMISSED.

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                                                          HOLLIS HORTON
                                                               Justice

Submitted on July 24, 2019
Opinion Delivered July 25, 2019

Before Kreger, Horton and Johnson, JJ.

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