Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas MEMORANDUM OPINION No. 04-22-00066-CV IN THE INTEREST OF J.A.J., a Child From the 57th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2021-PA-00153 Honorable Charles E. Montemayor, Judge Presiding PER CURIAM Sitting: Beth Watkins, Justice Liza A. Rodriguez, Justice Lori I. Valenzuela, Justice Delivered and Filed: March 23, 2022 DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION This is an accelerated appeal of an order terminating appellant’s parental rights which must be disposed of by this court within 180 days of the date the notice of appeal is filed. TEX. R. JUD.

ADMIN. 6.2. The trial court signed a final order of termination on January 12, 2022. Because this is an accelerated appeal, the notice of appeal was due by February 1, 2022. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1(b).

A motion for extension of time to file the notice of appeal was due on February 16, 2022. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.3. Although appellant filed a notice of appeal on February 2, 2022, within the fifteen- day grace period allowed by Rule 26.3, she did not file a motion for extension of time.

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 fifteen-day grace period provided by Rule 26.3 for filing a motion for extension of time. See Verburgt v. Dorner, 04-22-00066-CV

959 S.W.2d 615, 617 (Tex. 1997) (construing the predecessor to Rule 26). However, the appellant must offer a reasonable explanation for failing to file the notice of appeal in a timely manner. See id.; TEX. R. APP. P. 26.3, 10.5(b)(1)(C). On February 15, 2022, this court ordered appellant to file a response presenting a reasonable explanation for failing to file the notice of appeal in a timely manner. In our order, we advised appellant that if she did not file the response by February 25, 2022, we would dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3.

When appellant did not file a response to our February 15, 2022 order, this court contacted appellant’s appointed counsel to remedy this deficiency. Appellant did not file a response following these contacts. Accordingly, because appellant did not provide a reasonable explanation for failure to file a timely notice of appeal, this appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.3, 10.5(b)(1)(C), 42.3(b), (c); Verburgt, 959 S.W.2d at 615.

PER CURIAM

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