in the Matter of the Marriage of Lorie Ruth Baker and Gregory Joseph Finster

Order entered March 25, 2019
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-18-00954-CV
IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE OF LORIE RUTH BAKER
AND GREGORY JOSEPH FINSTER
On Appeal from the 256th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-17-13669
ORDER
By letter dated February 22, 2019, we informed appellant that his notice of appeal was
untimely. Without a timely notice of appeal, this Court lacks jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P.
25.1(b). Because the notice of appeal was filed within the fifteen-day grace period, we informed
appellant that he could cure the timeliness problem by filing a motion for extension of time to
file the notice of appeal. See id. 26.3. We instructed appellant to file, by March 4, 2019, an
extension motion and cautioned him that failure to do so could result in dismissal of the appeal
without further notice. Appellant did not comply, but on March 21, 2019 filed a motion
requesting an extension of time to file his brief on the merits. We GRANT the motion to the
extent that we SUSPEND the deadline for appellant’s brief on the merits pending the filing of a
motion for extension of time to file the notice of appeal. Appellant shall file, by April 1, 2019, a
motion for extension of time to file his notice of appeal. We caution appellant that failure to file
a motion for extension of time to file his notice of appeal by April 1, 2019 may result in
dismissal of the appeal without further notice.
/s/ ERIN A. NOWELL
JUSTICE