in the Interest of E.J.B., a Child

DISMISS and Opinion Filed September 1, 2016
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-16-00666-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF E.J.B., A CHILD
On Appeal from the 255th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-15-07948
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Chief Justice Wright and Justices Lang-Miers and Stoddart
Opinion by Chief Justice Wright
By letter dated June 27, 2016, the Court questioned its jurisdiction over the appeal
because the notice of appeal appeared to be untimely. We instructed appellant to file a letter
brief addressing the jurisdictional issue and gave appellee an opportunity to respond.
If no timely post-judgement motion extending the appellate timetable is filed, a notice of
appeal is due thirty days after the date the judgment is signed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1. Without
a timely filed notice of appeal, this Court lacks jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.1(b).
The trial court signed the judgment on December 7, 2015. Appellant did not file a timely
post-judgment motion extending the appellate timetable. Accordingly, the notice of appeal was
due on January 6, 2016, thirty days after the date the judgment was signed. See TEX. R. APP. P.
26.1. Appellant filed a notice of appeal on May 24, 2016, more than four months past the due
date. In his letter brief, appellant informs the Court that he did not learn of the trial court’s
December 7th judgment until March 11, 2016. See TEX. R. APP. P. 306a(4). Neither rule of
civil procedure 306a(4) nor rule of appellate procedure 4.2(a)(1) helps appellant, however,
because he concedes that he received actual notice of the judgment on March 11, 2016, which
was more than ninety days after the date the judgment was signed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 306a(4);
TEX. R. APP. P. 4.2(a)(1); Levit v. Adams, 850 S.W.2d 469, 470 (Tex. 1993) (per curiam);
Florance v. State, 352 S.W.3d 867, 873 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2011, no pet.). Moreover, although
appellant filed the notice of appeal within six months after the date the judgment was signed, the
notice of appeal does not meet the requirements for a restricted appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P.
25.1(d)(7).
Because appellant’s notice of appeal was untimely filed, we dismiss the appeal for want
of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.1(b); 42.3(a).
/Carolyn Wright/
CAROLYN WRIGHT
CHIEF JUSTICE
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
JUDGMENT
IN THE INTEREST OF E.J.B., A CHILD On Appeal from the 255th Judicial District
Court, Dallas County, Texas
No. 05-16-00666-CV Trial Court Cause No. DF-15-07948.
Opinion delivered by Chief Justice Wright.
Justices Lang-Miers and Stoddart
participating.
In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the appeal is DISMISSED.
It is ORDERED that appellee KENDRA NIKOLE BALDWIN recover her costs of this
appeal from appellant DANIEL JOSEPH MAVERO.
Judgment entered September 1, 2016.
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