James Watters v. April Faye Miller ( 2016 )

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-15-00672-CV James Watters, Appellant v. April Faye Miller, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 264TH DISTRICT NO. 270,435-D, HONORABLE MICHAEL J. NELSON, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant filed a notice of appeal on October 8, 2015, from the trial court’s order dated July 15, 2015, establishing the parent-child relationship between appellant and two children. On January 8, 2016, the Clerk of this Court advised appellant that his notice of appeal appeared untimely, see Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(a) (generally requiring notice of appeal to be filed within thirty days after judgment is signed), 26.3 (allowing fifteen day extension to file notice of appeal), and requested that appellant provide proof that he mailed his notice of appeal timely. See Tex. R. App. P. 9.2 (addressing filing by mail). The Clerk also requested a response from appellant by January 18, 2016, and advised appellant that this Court would dismiss this cause for want of jurisdiction if he failed to comply with the Clerk’s requests. To date, appellant has not filed a response. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), (c). __________________________________________ Melissa Goodwin, Justice Before Justices Puryear, Goodwin, and Field Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: January 22, 2016 2