Opinion
No. 05-16-00799-CV
11-02-2016
IN THE INTEREST OF J.A.K. AND J.A.K., CHILDREN
On Appeal from the 301st Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-13-22708
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Lang, Myers, and Evans
Opinion by Justice Lang
This is an appeal from the trial court's April 18, 2016 judgment in a parental termination case. Although appeals in parental termination cases are accelerated and must be filed within twenty days of the signing of the judgment or, with a timely extension motion, within thirty-five days of the judgment, this appeal was filed eighty days after the judgment was signed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1(b), 26.3, 28.4(a). Because the timely filing of a notice of appeal is jurisdictional, we directed appellant to file, no later than October 24, 2016. a letter brief addressing the timeliness of the appeal. See Garcia v. Hibernia Nat'l Bank, 227 S.W.3d 233, 233 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2007, no pet.). To date, appellant has not responded. Accordingly, on the record before us, we dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).
/Douglas S. Lang/
DOUGLAS S. LANG
JUSTICE 160799F.P05
JUDGMENT
On Appeal from the 301st Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-13-22708.
Opinion delivered by Justice Lang. Justices Myers and Evans participating.
In accordance with this Court's opinion of this date, we DISMISS the appeal. Judgment entered this 2nd day of November, 2016.