in the Interest of V.E.C., a Child

Opinion

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-22-00270-CV

IN THE INTEREST OF V.E.C., A CHILD

From the 361st District Court Brazos County, Texas Trial Court No. 20-000442-CVD-361A

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant filed a notice of appeal on August 17, 2022, stating that he is appealing

from the trial court’s Order in Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship that was

signed on September 3, 2021. The notice of appeal is untimely pursuant to Rule 26 of

the Rules of Appellate Procedure. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1 and 26.3.

By letter dated August 18, 2022, the Clerk of the Court notified Appellant that

this appeal would be dismissed unless he filed a response within twenty-one (21) days

showing grounds for continuing the appeal. Appellant has not responded.

Because our jurisdiction depends on a timely notice of appeal and because

Appellant’s notice of appeal is untimely, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.

See id. R. 42.3(a); Howell v. Tarrant Cty., 301 S.W.3d 840, 843 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2009, pet. denied) (“A timely-filed notice of appeal confers jurisdiction on this court,

and absent a timely filed notice of appeal, we must dismiss the appeal.”).

MATT JOHNSON Justice

Before Chief Justice Gray, Justice Johnson, and Justice Wright 1 Appeal dismissed Opinion delivered and filed September 28, 2022 [CV06]

1 The Honorable Jim R. Wright, Senior Chief Justice (Retired) of the Eleventh Court of Appeals, sitting by assignment of the Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. §§ 74.003, 75.002, 75.003.

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