IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-16-00195-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF D.M., N.M., F.M. AND T.T., CHILDREN
From the County Court at Law
Bosque County, Texas
Trial Court No. CV15096
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant A.L. challenges the trial court’s order of termination of her parental
rights to D.M., N.M., F.M., and T.T.
“Appeals in parental termination and child protection cases are governed by the
rules of appellate procedure for accelerated appeals.” TEX. R. APP. P. 28.4(a)(1). “[I]n an
accelerated appeal, the notice of appeal must be filed within 20 days after the judgment
or order is signed.” TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1(b).
The trial court signed the order of termination from which A.L. appeals on March
31, 2016. A.L.’s notice of appeal was filed with the trial court clerk on June 9, 2016. A.L.
filed a motion for new trial on April 29, 2016; however, filing a motion for new trial does
not extend the deadline for filing a notice of appeal in an accelerated case. See TEX. R.
APP. P. 26.1(a), (b); In re K.A.F., 160 S.W.3d 923, 928 (Tex. 2005). A.L.’s notice of appeal
was therefore untimely because it was filed more than twenty days after the order of
termination was signed.
The Clerk of the Court notified A.L. that, unless she showed grounds for
continuing this appeal, it was subject to dismissal for want of jurisdiction. A.L. has not
done so.
We dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).
REX D. DAVIS
Justice
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Justice Scoggins
Dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed December 6, 2016
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