In the Interest of N.G., a Child v. the State of Texas

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)
• Decided: January 8, 2026
• Docket: 02-25-00668-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-25-00668-CV ___________________________

IN THE INTEREST OF N.G., A CHILD

On Appeal from the 325th District Court Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 325-505917-11

Before Womack, Wallach, and Walker, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Justice Womack MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant L.G. attempts to appeal from the trial court’s “Order Enforcing and

Modifying Support Obligation” signed on August 18, 2016 (the Order). Because L.G.

timely filed a motion for new trial, his notice of appeal was due November 16, 2016—

ninety days after the Order’s signing. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(a)(1). But L.G. did not

file his notice of appeal until December 3, 2025, making it untimely. See id.

We notified the parties by letter of our concern that we lack jurisdiction over

this appeal because the notice of appeal was untimely. See id. We warned that we

could dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction unless L.G. or any party wanting to

continue the appeal filed a response showing grounds for continuing it. See Tex. R.

App. P. 42.3(a), 44.3. Although we received a response from L.G., it does not show

grounds for continuing the appeal.

The time for filing a notice of appeal is jurisdictional in this court, and without

a timely filed notice of appeal or a timely filed extension request, we must dismiss the

appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 2, 25.1(b), 26.1, 26.3; Jones v. City of Houston, 976 S.W.2d

676, 677 (Tex. 1998); Verburgt v. Dorner, 959 S.W.2d 615, 617 (Tex. 1997). Because

L.G.’s notice of appeal was untimely, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.

See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f); Amick v. Campbell, No. 02-24-00540-CV, 2025 WL

285339, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Jan. 23, 2025, no pet.) (mem. op.) (“Because

Amick’s notice of appeal was untimely, we dismiss this appeal for want of

jurisdiction.”).

2 /s/ Dana Womack

Dana Womack Justice

Delivered: January 8, 2026