Shahram Shakouri v. Fariba Badiyan Shakouri ( 2011 )

COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-11-00463-CV
SHAHRAM SHAKOURI APPELLANT
V.
FARIBA BADIYAN SHAKOURI APPELLEE
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FROM THE 231ST DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY
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MEMORANDUM OPINION1
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Appellant Shahram Shakouri attempts to appeal from the trial court’s final
decree of divorce entered in the underlying divorce case involving Appellee
Fariba Badiyan Shakouri. We will dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
The trial court’s judgment was signed on June 23, 2011, and Shahram filed
a motion for new trial on July 26, 2011. If we were to presume that Shahram’s
motion for new trial was timely, Shahram’s notice of appeal was due on
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See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
September 21, 2011, but it was not filed until November 3, 2011. See Tex. R.
App. P. 26.1(a)(1).
On November 8, 2011, we notified Shahram of our concern that this court
may not have jurisdiction over the appeal and informed him that unless he or any
party desiring to continue the appeal filed with the court a response on or before
November 18, 2011, showing a reasonable explanation for the late filing of the
notice of appeal, this appeal would be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See
Tex. R. App. P. 10.5(b), 26.3, 42.3; Verburgt v. Dorner, 959 S.W.2d 615, 617
(Tex. 1997). We have received no response. Accordingly, we dismiss the
appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).
SUE WALKER
JUSTICE
PANEL: WALKER, MCCOY, and MEIER, JJ.
DELIVERED: December 22, 2011
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