Opinion
09-21-00401-CV
01-20-2022
IN THE INTEREST OF K.L.
Submitted on January 19, 2022
On Appeal from the 317th District Court Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. C-235, 678
Before Kreger, Horton and Johnson, JJ.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PER CURIAM.
On May 29, 2020, the trial court signed a judgment terminating the parental rights of J.L. to her child, K.L. On December 16, 2021, J.L. filed a notice of appeal. We questioned our jurisdiction and J.L. filed a response.
An appeal is accelerated in a case where the trial court ordered termination of parental rights. See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §§ 109.002, 263.405(a); see also Tex. R. App. P. 28.4. Accordingly, a notice of appeal is due twenty days after the trial court signs the final judgment. See Tex.R.App.P. 26.1(b), 28.1(b). The appellant has not shown that she filed a notice of appeal within the time authorized for perfecting an accelerated appeal or for requesting an extension of time to file a notice of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(b), 26.3. Therefore, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. See Tex.R.App.P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).
APPEAL DISMISSED.