Court Opinion

ID: 6330150
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Date Created: 2022-04-12 22:29:30.557817+00
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Order filed April 7, 2022

                                      In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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                              NO. 14-22-00019-CV
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      BAYTOWN AGAPE COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC., Appellant

                                        V.

                        CITY OF BAYTOWN, Appellee

                   On Appeal from the 133rd District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2010-18127

                                   ORDER

      This is an appeal from an order signed December 21, 2021. The notice of
appeal was due January 10, 2022. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1. Appellant, however,
filed the notice of appeal on January 11, 2022, 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

Panel Consists of Justices Wise, Poissant and Wilson.