In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-20-00057-CV ___________________________ RITA RAMON, Appellant V. GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION, Appellee

On Appeal from the 352nd District Court Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 352-305848-19

Before Sudderth, C.J.; Gabriel and Kerr, JJ.

Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Sudderth MEMORANDUM OPINION The trial court signed the judgment in this case on June 20, 2019, and Appellant Rita Ramon filed a motion for new trial on July 11, 2019, making her notice of appeal due within 90 days after the judgment’s signing. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(a)(1). However, Appellant did not file her notice of appeal until February 18, 2020.

We notified Appellant of our concern that we lacked jurisdiction over the appeal because the notice of appeal was not timely filed. We stated that unless Appellant or any party desiring to continue the appeal filed a response showing grounds to continue the appeal, we would dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

See Tex. R. App. P. 25.1(b), 26.1, 42.3(a), 44.3.

Appellant filed a response, but it does not show grounds for continuing the appeal. Therefore, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See, e.g., In re D.A., No. 02-15-00346-CV, 2015 WL 9244637, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Dec. 17, 2015, no pet.) (mem. op.) (“The time for filing a notice of appeal is jurisdictional in this court, and absent a timely-filed notice of appeal or extension request, we must dismiss the appeal.”); see also Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).

/s/ Bonnie Sudderth Bonnie Sudderth Chief Justice Delivered: April 2, 2020