NUMBER 13-25-00037-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________ IN THE INTEREST OF A.S.R., A.K.R., A.G.R., AND A.O.R., CHILDREN ____________________________________________________________ ON APPEAL FROM THE 138TH DISTRICT COURT OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS ____________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Tijerina and Justices West and Cron Memorandum Opinion by Justice Cron This cause is before the Court on its own motion. On January 24, 2025, appellant Sennise Quintero filed a notice of appeal attempting to appeal an Order issued on October 22, 2024, in trial court cause number 2015-DCL-05997. On January 29, 2025, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that the notice of appeal was not timely filed. The Clerk of the Court also notified appellant that if the defect was not corrected within ten days from the date of the notice, the appeal would be dismissed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).

Appellant has failed to respond to the notice or demonstrate that the appeal was timely perfected. We are to construe the rules of appellate procedure reasonably and liberally so that the right to appeal is not lost by imposing requirements not absolutely necessary to effectuate the purpose of a rule. See Verburgt v. Dorner, 959 S.W.2d 615, 616-17 (Tex. 1997). Furthermore, we are prohibited from enlarging the scope of our jurisdiction by enlarging the time for perfecting an appeal in a civil case in a manner not provided for by rule. See TEX. R. APP. P. 2; In re T.W., 89 S.W.3d 641, 642 (Tex. App.– Amarillo 2002, no pet.).

Appellant’s notice of appeal was untimely; therefore, we lack jurisdiction over the appeal. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).

JENNY CRON Justice Delivered and filed on the 3rd day of April, 2025.