in the Matter of the Marriage of Jonathan Martell Goodwin and Tequisha Ma-Ree Goodwin

Opinion

NUMBER 13-20-00558-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________

IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE OF JONATHAN MARTELL GOODWIN AND TEQUISHA MA-REE GOODWIN ____________________________________________________________

On appeal from the 214th District Court of Nueces County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Benavides, Longoria, and Tijerina Memorandum Opinion by Justice Benavides

This cause is before the Court on appellant’s motion for leave to file notice of

appeal. On December 18, 2020, appellant filed a notice of restricted appeal of a dismissal

signed on March 4, 2019, by the 214th Judicial District of Nueces County, Texas, in cause

number 2017-FAM-4398-F. We now dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

A restricted appeal is perfected when notice of appeal is filed within six months

after the order is signed. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1(c). The Court may extend the time to file the notice of appeal if, within 15 days after the deadline for filing the notice of appeal, a

motion to extend is filed. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.3 (emphasis added).

Accordingly, the motion for leave is denied as untimely filed, and the Court having

considered the documents on file and appellant’s failure to timely perfect this restricted

appeal and failure to timely file a motion for extension, is of the opinion the appeal should

be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).

GINA BENAVIDES Justice

Delivered and filed on the 25th day of February, 2021.