COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 2-07-258-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF D.A.G., D.L.G.,
X.S.G., AND N.D.G.
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FROM THE 355TH DISTRICT COURT OF HOOD COUNTY
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MEMORANDUM OPINION (footnote: 1)
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On July 18, 2007, appellant Delmiro Garcia filed a pro se Motion to File Appeal from the trial court’s May 3, 2007 default order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. On July 25, 2007, we informed appellant that we were treating his Motion to File Appeal as a notice of appeal. We also informed him of our concern that we do not have jurisdiction over the appeal because it was not timely filed. See Tex. R. App. P . 26.1. Although we provided him an opportunity to respond, appellant did not do so.
The times for filing a notice of appeal are jurisdictional in this court, and absent a timely filed notice of appeal or an extension request, we must dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P . 25.1(b), 26.3; Verburgt v. Dorner , 959 S.W.2d 615, 617 (Tex. 1997). Because appellant’s notice of appeal was untimely filed, we dismiss this case for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P . 42.3(a), 43.2(f).
PER CURIAM
PANEL D: LIVINGSTON, DAUPHINOT, and HOLMAN, JJ.
DELIVERED: August 31, 2007
FOOTNOTES
1:
See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.