Court Opinion

ID: 9555226
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-11 07:10:10.109235+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:41:57.035146
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In The

                                   Court of Appeals

                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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                                NO. 09-23-00221-CV
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                           IN THE INTEREST OF A.E.

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                On Appeal from the 279th District Court
                       Jefferson County, Texas
                      Trial Cause No. C-240,683
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On May 18, 2023, the trial court signed an order terminating the parental

rights of L.M.1 to her child, A.E. On July 3, 2023, L.M. filed a notice of appeal. We

questioned our jurisdiction. L.M. filed a response but did not establish that the notice

of appeal had been timely filed.

      An appeal is accelerated in a case where the trial court ordered termination of

parental rights. See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §§ 109.002(a-1), 263.405(a); see also Tex.

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       We refer to the appellant and the minor by their initials. See Tex. Fam. Code
Ann. § 109.002(d); Tex. R. App. P. 9.8(b)(2).

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R. App. P. 28.4(a)(1). Accordingly, a notice of appeal is due twenty days after the

trial court signs the final order. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(b), 28.1(b). The appellant

has not shown that she filed a notice of appeal within the time authorized for

perfecting an accelerated appeal or for requesting an extension of time to file a notice

of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(b), 26.3. Therefore, we dismiss the appeal for

lack of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).

      APPEAL DISMISSED.

                                                              PER CURIAM

Submitted on August 9, 2023
Opinion Delivered August 10, 2023

Before Golemon, C.J., Horton and Wright, JJ.

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