Court Opinion

ID: 4686427
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-05-13 06:18:03.10041+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:00:31.446150
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COURT OF APPEALS
                                      EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                                           EL PASO, TEXAS

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  IN THE MATTER OF A.J.C., A CHILD,                                 No. 08-21-00090-CV
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                         Appellant.                                   Appeal from the
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                                                                     388th District Court
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                                                                 of El Paso County, Texas
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                                                                   (TC# 2019DCM6656)

                                            O R D E R

       On May 5, 2021, Appellant filed notice of appeal in the above-styled and numbered cause. The
notice of appeal is late, but it was filed within fifteen days after the deadline for the notice of appeal to
be filed. A motion for extension of time is necessarily implied when an appellant, acting in good faith,
files a notice of appeal beyond the time allowed by TEX.R.APP.P. 26.1 but within the fifteen-day grace
period provided by Rule 26.3 for filing a motion for extension of time. See Verburgt v. Dorner, 959
S.W.2d 615, 617 (Tex. 1997). However, an appellant must still provide the Court with a reasonable
explanation for the late filing of the notice of appeal before the Court may accept the appeal.
Accordingly, Appellant is ordered to respond in writing and provide the Court with a reasonable
explanation for filing the notice of appeal late. See TEX.R.APP.P. 10.5(b)(1)(C), 26.3; Verburgt, 959
S.W.2d at 617. The explanation is due to be filed no later than May 17, 2021. If Appellant fails to
comply with this order, the appeal is subject to dismissal without further notice.

       IT IS SO ORDERED this 7th day of May, 2021.

                                               PER CURIAM

Before Rodriguez, C.J., Palafox and Alley, JJ.