Opinion
No. 10-03-318-CV.
Opinion delivered and filed: January 28, 2004.
Appeal from the 13th District Court, Navarro County, Texas, Trial Court # 02-00-11418-Cv.
Appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
Attorney(s) for Appellant\Relator: Jacob D. Davis, Attorney at Law, Corsicana, TX.
Attorney(s) for Appellee\Respondent: James E. Lagomarsino, Navarro Co. Dist. Atty., Corsicana, TX.
Attorney Ad Litem: Sarah C. Keathley, Atty. at Law, Corsicana, TX.
Before Chief Justice GRAY, Justice VANCE, and Justice REYNA.
OPINION
Elicia Gail Gonzales seeks to appeal a decree terminating her parental rights. However, she filed her notice of appeal 81 days after the court signed the decree. Therefore, it is untimely. See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 263.405(a) (Vernon 2002); TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1(b). The Clerk of this Court notified the parties that the notice of appeal is untimely and that the appeal would be dismissed for want of jurisdiction if a response showing grounds for continuing the appeal was not filed within 10 days. Appellant's response does not state a basis for this Court to exercise jurisdiction. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).