Opinion
No. 04-19-00547-CV
10-02-2019
IN THE INTEREST OF N.L.P., et al., Children
MEMORANDUM OPINION
From the 166th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2017-PA-00010
Honorable Susan D. Reed, Judge Presiding PER CURIAM Sitting: Sandee Bryan Marion, Chief Justice Rebeca C. Martinez, Justice Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION
The trial court signed a final order in the underlying parental termination suit on May 23, 2018. Because appeals in parental termination cases are accelerated, the appellants' notice of appeal was due to be filed by September 12, 2018. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1(b). Appellants' notice of appeal was not filed until July 29, 2019.
Appellants' notice of appeal acknowledges the appeal is an accelerated appeal and states the final order was signed on May 2, 2019. The trial court did sign a nunc pro tunc order on May 3, 2019; however, the nunc pro tunc order only clarified the name and date of birth of one of the children. Because appellants' complaints relate to the trial court's order striking their intervention, the deadline for filing appellants' notice of appeal is not affected by the nunc pro tunc order. See TEX. R. APP. P. 4.3(b).
By order dated August 29, 2019, appellants were ordered to show cause in writing why this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Appellants did not respond to this court's order. Because appellants' notice of appeal was not timely filed, this appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM