In the Estate of Joan Frances Watson, Deceased Appeal from Probate Court No 2 of Harris County (memorandum opinion per curiam)
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Motion Granted; Appeal Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed August 16, 2016. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-16-00550-CV IN THE ESTATE OF JOAN FRANCES WATSON, DECEASED On Appeal from the Probate Court No. 2 Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 439,063 MEMORANDUM OPINION This is an attempted appeal from a judgment signed April 12, 2016. No postjudgment motion was filed. Appellant’s notice of appeal was filed July 8, 2016. The notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days after the judgment is signed when appellant has not filed a timely post-judgment motion. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1. Appellant’s notice of appeal was not filed timely. A motion for extension of time is necessarily implied when an appellant, acting in good faith, files a notice of appeal beyond the time allowed by Rule 26.1, but within the 15day grace period provided by Rule 26.3 for filing a motion for extension of time. See Verburgt v. Dorner, 959 S.W.2d 615, 617–18 (1997) (construing the predecessor to Rule 26). Appellant’s notice of appeal was not filed within the 15day period provided by Rule 26.3. On July 27, 2016, appellees filed a motion to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a). Appellant filed no response. The appeal is ordered dismissed. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Jamison, McCally, and Wise. 2
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