in the Interest of L.P. and J.S. ( 2014 )

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ___________________ NO. 09-14-00192-CV ___________________ IN THE INTEREST OF L.P. AND J.S. __________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the 317th District Court Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. C-218,088 __________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION On February 6, 2014, the trial court signed a judgment terminating the parental rights of A.M.S., C.W., and W.P. Notice of appeal was due to be filed on February 26, 2014. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(b). A.M.S. and W.P. filed notices of appeal on April 24, 2014, and C.W. filed a notice of appeal on April 28, 2014, more than twenty days from the date of the judgment and outside the time within which we may grant an extension of time to perfect appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.3. On April 29, 2014, we notified the parties that the notices of appeal did not appear to have been timely filed. We received no response from the appellants. 1 This Court lacks jurisdiction over this appeal. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. APPEAL DISMISSED. ___________________________ HOLLIS HORTON Justice Opinion Delivered June 12, 2014 Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ. 2