                            NUMBERS 13-08-00112-CV
                                    13-08-00728-CV

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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               IN THE INTEREST OF C.W., A CHILD
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             On appeal from the 156th District Court
                  of San Patricio County, Texas.
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                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

                   Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Vela
                       Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      Appellant, Chad Weachter, father of C.W., attempts to appeal a judgment

terminating the parental rights of the mother of C.W., M.H., entered on February 6, 2008,

in the 156th District Court of San Patricio County, Texas, in cause number S-07-5506-FL-B.

The judgment entered on February 6, 2008, severed the case of Chad Weachter, and

assigned it cause number S-07-5506-FL-B-1.
       On October 21, 2008, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant that the notice of

appeal bears the incorrect cause number, S-07-5506-FL-B, and that the correct cause

number is S-07-5506-FL-B-1. Notice of this defect was given so that steps could be taken

to correct the defect, if it could be done. Appellant was advised that, if proper notice of

appeal was not filed in the trial court within ten days from the date of receipt of this Court’s

letter, the matter would be referred to the Court for further action. To date, no response has

been received from appellant.

       Given that appellant, Chad Weachter, was not a party to the judgment entered on

February 6, 2008, in cause number S-07-5506-FL-B, his appeal is ordered SEVERED and

will be docketed in this Court under cause number 13-08-00728-CV. The appeal of M.H.,

will remain under the cause number 13-08-00112-CV and proceed in due course.

       Appellant, Chad Weachter, has failed to amend the notice of appeal within the time

prescribed by this Court. See TEX . R. APP. P. 25.1(f), 37.1. The Court, having examined

and fully considered the documents on file, is of the opinion that the appeal should be

dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Accordingly, the appeal in cause number 13-08-00728-

CV is hereby DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION. See TEX . R. APP. P. 42.3(a),

(c).

                                                                         PER CURIAM

Memorandum Opinion delivered and
filed this the 8th day of January, 2009.




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