Court Opinion

ID: 4096575
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Date Created: 2016-11-09 05:43:24.833797+00
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Order filed November 8, 2016

                                      In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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                              NO. 14-16-00685-CV
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                    IN THE INTEREST OF E.E., A CHILD

                    On Appeal from the 245th District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2011-24586

                                    ORDER

      This is an appeal from a judgment signed May 31, 2016. Appellant filed a
timely post-judgment motion. The notice of appeal was due August 29, 2016. See
Tex. R. App. P. 26.1. Appellant, however, filed the notice of appeal on September 5,
2016, 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