COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-12-00341-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF D.S.B., A
CHILD
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FROM THE 323RD DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY
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MEMORANDUM OPINION1
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Appellant Father attempts to appeal from a June 14, 2012 order
terminating his parental rights to his son, D.S.B. On August 22, 2012, we notified
Father of our concern that we lack jurisdiction over this accelerated appeal
because the notice of appeal was due July 5, 2012, but was not filed until
August 17, 2012. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(b); see also Tex. R. App. P. 28.1(b)
(providing that a post-trial motion will not extend the time to perfect an
accelerated appeal); In re K.A.F., 160 S.W.3d 923, 927 (Tex.), cert. denied, 546
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See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
U.S. 961 (2005) (reasoning that a rule 26.1(a) motion will not extend the deadline
to file notice of an accelerated appeal). We informed Father that this appeal may
be dismissed for want of jurisdiction unless he or any party desiring to continue
the appeal filed with the court on or before September 4, 2012, a response
showing grounds for continuing the appeal. Father did not file a response.
Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P.
43.2(f).
PER CURIAM
PANEL: MEIER, J.; LIVINGSTON, C.J.; and GABRIEL, J.
DELIVERED: October 11, 2012
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