Estate of Linda Katina Statum Froehle

COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-18-00002-CV
ESTATE OF LINDA KATINA
STATUM FROEHLE, DECEASED
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FROM PROBATE COURT NO. 1 OF TARRANT COUNTY
TRIAL COURT NO. 2016-PR00096-1
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MEMORANDUM OPINION 1
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Appellant Trebor J. Froehle, also known as John T. Froehle, attempts to
appeal these three trial court orders: “Order Probating Holographic Will, Granting
Dependent Administration and Authorizing Letters of Administration,” signed May
25, 2016; “Order Approving Inventory, Appraisement, and List of Claims,” signed
January 24, 2017; and “Order Ratifying Sale and Disposal of Personal Property,”
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See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
signed January 26, 2017. His notice of appeal was not filed until November 9,
2017, making it untimely as to all three orders. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1.
We notified Appellant of our concern that we lack jurisdiction over this
appeal based on the untimely filed notice of appeal and warned that we could
dismiss this appeal absent a response showing grounds for continuing the
appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 44.3. Appellant’s response does not show
grounds for continuing the appeal.
The time for filing a notice of appeal is jurisdictional in this court, and
absent a timely filed notice of appeal or timely filed motion for extension, we must
dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.1(b), 26.3; Verburgt v. Dorner,
959 S.W.2d 615, 617 (Tex. 1997). Because Appellant's notice of appeal was
filed too late, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P.
26.1, 42.3(a), 43.2(f).
PER CURIAM
PANEL: PITTMAN, J.; SUDDERTH, C.J.; and BIRDWELL, J.
DELIVERED: April 12, 2018
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