Rita Ramon v. Gladney Center for Adoption ( 2020 )

In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
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No. 02-20-00057-CV
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RITA RAMON, Appellant
V.
GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION, Appellee
On Appeal from the 352nd District Court
Tarrant County, Texas
Trial Court No. 352-305848-19
Before Sudderth, C.J.; Gabriel and Kerr, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Sudderth
MEMORANDUM OPINION
The trial court signed the judgment in this case on June 20, 2019, and
Appellant Rita Ramon filed a motion for new trial on July 11, 2019, making her notice
of appeal due within 90 days after the judgment’s signing. See Tex. R. App. P.
26.1(a)(1). However, Appellant did not file her notice of appeal until February 18,
2020.
We notified Appellant of our concern that we lacked jurisdiction over the
appeal because the notice of appeal was not timely filed. We stated that unless
Appellant or any party desiring to continue the appeal filed a response showing
grounds to continue the appeal, we would dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
See Tex. R. App. P. 25.1(b), 26.1, 42.3(a), 44.3.
Appellant filed a response, but it does not show grounds for continuing the
appeal. Therefore, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See, e.g., In re D.A.,
No. 02-15-00346-CV, 2015 WL 9244637, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Dec. 17,
2015, no pet.) (mem. op.) (“The time for filing a notice of appeal is jurisdictional in
this court, and absent a timely-filed notice of appeal or extension request, we must
dismiss the appeal.”); see also Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).
/s/ Bonnie Sudderth
Bonnie Sudderth
Chief Justice
Delivered: April 2, 2020
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