Lillian Ann Ward v. Stone Street Capital, LLC
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Opinion
Opinion issued December 9, 2025
In The
Court of Appeals For The
First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-25-00483-CV ——————————— LILLIAN WARD A/K/A LILLIAN A. WARD A/K/A LILLAN ANN WARD, Appellant V. STONE STREET CAPITAL, LLC, Appellee
On Appeal from the 125th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 2015-15107
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On June 24, 2025, appellant, Lillian Ward, also known as Lillian A. Ward and
Lillian Ann Ward, proceeding pro se, filed a notice of appeal from the trial court’s
April 20, 2015 “Final Order Approving Assignment of Structured Settlement Payments.” Appellant’s June 24, 2025 notice of appeal was not timely filed to
invoke the jurisdiction of this Court.
We therefore dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
Absent a timely filed notice of appeal, we lack jurisdiction over an appeal.
See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.1. Generally, a notice of appeal of a final judgment must be
filed within thirty days after the entry of judgment. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1.
Accordingly, in order to invoke this Court’s appellate jurisdiction over the trial
court’s April 20, 2015 order, appellant was required to file a notice of appeal on or
before May 20, 2015. Accordingly, appellant’s June 24, 2025 notice of appeal was
not timely filed.
On October 28, 2025, the Court notified appellant that it appeared the Court
lacked jurisdiction over the appeal because her notice of appeal from the trial court’s
April 20, 2015 order was not timely filed. Appellant was directed to file a written
response within ten days demonstrating, with citation to law and the record, that the
Court had jurisdiction over the appeal.
On November 10, 2025, an unsigned response to the Court’s order was filed.
The response failed to establish that appellant’s notice of appeal was timely filed, or
that the Court had jurisdiction over the appeal. Appellant’s June 24, 2025 notice of
appeal was therefore not timely filed, and we lack jurisdiction over the appeal. See
TEX. R. APP. P. 25.1(a)(1).
2 We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a),
(c), 43.2(f). All pending motions are dismissed as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Guerra, Guiney, and Johnson.
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