Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-28 11:10:21.50183+00
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NO. 12-22-00323-CV

                          IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

              TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT

                                     TYLER, TEXAS

IN THE MATTER OF THE                             §      APPEAL FROM THE 420TH

MARRIAGE OF DOUG J. MCCARVER                     §      JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

AND DANA J. MCCARVER                             §      NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, TEXAS

                                  MEMORANDUM OPINION
                                      PER CURIAM
       On December 19, 2022, Doug J. McCarver filed a pro se notice of appeal in the trial
court. On January 3, 2023, the Clerk of this Court notified Appellant that the notice of appeal
does not show the jurisdiction of this Court, i.e., there was no notice of appeal filed within the
time allowed by the rules of appellate procedure and no timely motion for an extension of time to
file the notice of appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1, 26.3. We informed Appellant that the appeal
would be dismissed unless the information was amended on or before January 13 to show this
Court’s jurisdiction. Appellant did not respond to this Court’s notice.
       Under Rule 26.1, the notice of appeal must be filed within thirty days after the judgment
is signed or, if the case is accelerated, within twenty days after the judgment or order is signed.
TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1. Unless the appeal is accelerated, the notice of appeal must be filed within
ninety days “after the judgment is signed” if any party timely files a motion for new trial, motion
to modify, motion to reinstate, or request for findings of fact and conclusions of law when such
could be properly considered by the appellate court. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1(a)-(b), 28.1(b). Here,
the trial court signed its judgment on September 27, 2022, and Appellant filed an untimely
request for findings of fact and conclusions of law on November 17. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 296
(request for findings and conclusions shall be filed within twenty days after judgment is signed).
Because an untimely request for findings and conclusions does not extend the appellate
timetable, Appellant’s notice of appeal was due on or before October 27. See Zhuang v. Zhang,
No. 01-17-00518, 2017 WL 5712544, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 28, 2017, pet.
denied) (per curiam) (mem. op.). Accordingly, Appellant’s notice of appeal was filed outside the
time for perfecting an appeal from the September 27, 2022 judgment, or for seeking an extension
of time to file a notice of appeal.
         As this Court is not authorized to extend the time for perfecting an appeal except as
provided by the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, we dismiss the appeal for want of
jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).
Opinion delivered January 25, 2022.
Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Hoyle, J., and Neeley, J.

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                                   COURT OF APPEALS

      TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                           JUDGMENT

                                          JANUARY 25, 2023

                                         NO. 12-22-00323-CV

                      IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE OF
                    DOUG J. MCCARVER AND DANA J. MCCARVER

                                Appeal from the 420th District Court
                      of Nacogdoches County, Texas (Tr.Ct.No. C2036243)

                    THIS CAUSE came to be heard on the appellate record; and the same being
considered, it is the opinion of this Court that this appeal should be dismissed.
                    It is therefore ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED by this Court that
this appeal be, and the same is, hereby dismissed for want of jurisdiction; and that this decision
be certified to the court below for observance.
                    By per curiam opinion.
                    Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Hoyle, J. and Neeley, J.