NUMBER 13-24-00316-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________ IN THE INTEREST OF E.J.C., A CHILD ____________________________________________________________ ON APPEAL FROM THE 24TH DISTRICT COURT OF DEWITT COUNTY, TEXAS ____________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Tijerina and Peña Memorandum Opinion by Justice Tijerina This cause is before the Court on its own motion. On June 17, 2024, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that the appeal has not been timely perfected, so that steps could be taken to correct the defect, if it could be done. Appellant was advised that, if the defect was not corrected within ten days from the date of the Court’s letter, the appeal would be dismissed.

The Court, having examined and fully considered the documents on file and appellant’s failure to timely perfect his appeal, is of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Accordingly, the appeal is hereby dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a)(c).

JAIME TIJERINA Justice Delivered and filed on the 29th day of August, 2024.