In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont __________________ NO. 09-22-00166-CV __________________

IN THE INTEREST OF R.J.M. AND E.K.T.

__________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the 317th District Court Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. C-237,033 __________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION The trial court signed a final judgment adjudicating parentage in this case on April 8, 2022. Appellant Dalvan Lamar Manns filed a notice of appeal, but he has failed to file a brief. On August 24, 2022, we notified the parties that the appellant’s brief had not been filed and that the appeal would be submitted without briefs unless we received appellant’s brief and a motion for extension within ten days, and we warned appellant that the appeal could be dismissed for want of prosecution if the appeal was submitted without briefs. On September 20, 2022, we notified the parties

that the appeal would be submitted to the Court on October 11, 2022, without briefs and without oral argument. See Tex. R. App. P. 39.8.

In the absence of a brief assigning error for appellate review, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See id. 38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on October 11, 2022 Opinion Delivered October 20, 2022 Before Golemon, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.