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Date Created: 2023-05-31 06:10:11.262349+00
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Dismiss and Opinion Filed May 24, 2023

                                       In The
                             Court of Appeals
                      Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                No. 05-23-00021-CV

                    CHANI NICOLE JENSEN, Appellant
                                 V.
                   HALEY MARIE JENSEN BARB, Appellee

               On Appeal from the 330th Judicial District Court
                            Dallas County, Texas
                    Trial Court Cause No. DF-22-08224

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION
                    Before Justices Molberg, Carlyle, and Smith
                            Opinion by Justice Molberg
      We questioned our jurisdiction over this appeal from the family court

associate judge’s permanent restraining order as it appeared the appeal had been filed

prematurely. Although appellant had not requested a de novo hearing before the

referring court, the referring court had not yet signed the associate judge’s order,

and, without the referring court’s signature, the order was not appealable. See TEX.

FAM. CODE ANN. §§ 201.013(b) (providing generally that when de novo hearing not

requested, associate judge’s order becomes order of referring court only on referring

court’s signing), 201.016(b) (providing generally that date referring court signs order
is controlling date for purposes of appeal). Although we abated the appeal twice to

allow appellant an opportunity to obtain an order signed by the referring court, she

has not done so.

      Our second order abating the appeal cautioned appellant that failure to file, by

May 2, 2023, a supplemental clerk’s record containing a copy of the referring court’s

order would result in dismissal of the appeal. See id. § 201.016(b); TEX. R. APP. P.

42.3(a). Accordingly, on the record before us, we dismiss the appeal and all pending

motions. See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 201.016(b); TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).

230021f.p05                                /Ken Molberg//
                                           KEN MOLBERG
                                           JUSTICE

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                           Court of Appeals
                    Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                 JUDGMENT

CHANI NICOLE JENSEN,                        On Appeal from the 330th Judicial
Appellant                                   District Court, Dallas County, Texas
                                            Trial Court Cause No. DF-22-08224.
No. 05-23-00021-CV         V.               Opinion delivered by Justice
                                            Molberg, Justices Carlyle and Smith
HALEY MARIE JENSEN BARB,                    participating.
Appellee

      In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS the appeal.

       We ORDER that appellee Haley Marie Jensen Barb recover her costs, if any,
of this appeal from appellant Chani Nicole Jensen.

Judgment entered this 24th day of May 2023.

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