Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-10-16 16:14:56.589937+00
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COURT OF APPEALS
                             SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                                  FORT WORTH

                                   NO. 2-10-143-CV

IN THE INTEREST OF K.A.V.
AND C.-S.A.V., CHILDREN

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             FROM THE 362ND DISTRICT COURT OF DENTON COUNTY

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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION 1

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       Appellant A.L.V. attempts to appeal from the trial court’s default judgment

signed March 15, 2010. Because an appeal from a case in which termination of

parental rights is an issue is accelerated, 2 Appellant’s notice of appeal was due April

5, 2010.3 But Appellant did not file his notice of appeal until May 6, 2010, which was

untimely. 4

       On May 12, 2010, we notified Appellant that his appeal was subject to

       1
            See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
       2
            See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 109.002(a) (Vernon 2009).
       3
            See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(b), 28.1(b).
       4
            See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(b).
dismissal for want of jurisdiction unless, by May 24, 2010, he filed a response

showing grounds for continuing the appeal. 5 Appellant’s response indicates that “[a]t

this point of time, [he] would rather not pursue any legal matters involving [his]

children.”

       Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal and Appellant’s pending motion for want

of jurisdiction. 6

                                                           PER CURIAM

PANEL: DAUPHINOT, GARDNER, and W ALKER, JJ.

DELIVERED: June 10, 2010

       5
            See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).
       6
            See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).

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