Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-06-21 06:09:47.420551+00
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DISMISS and Opinion Filed June 16, 2023

                                   S  In The
                            Court of Appeals
                     Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                               No. 05-23-00300-CV

                   IN THE INTEREST OF C.H., A CHILD

              On Appeal from the 302nd Judicial District Court
                           Dallas County, Texas
                   Trial Court Cause No. DF-20-07919

                        MEMORANDUM OPINION
                Before Justices Pedersen, III, Garcia, and Kennedy
                            Opinion by Justice Garcia
      Appellant appeals from the trial court’s order transferring jurisdiction of the
underlying suit to Bonner County, Idaho pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody
Jurisdiction Enforcement Act (UCCJEA). See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 152.207.
We questioned our jurisdiction over this appeal because an order transferring
jurisdiction under the UCCJEA is reviewable by mandamus. See In re Alanis, 350
S.W.3d 322, 324 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2011, orig. proceeding).              At the
Court’s direction, appellant filed a letter brief. Appellant agrees that the proper
remedy is by mandamus and not direct appeal.
      Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See id; TEX. R.
APP. P. 42.3(a).

                                            /Dennise Garcia/
                                            DENNISE GARCIA
                                            JUSTICE
230300F.P05

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                                  S
                          Court of Appeals
                   Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                  JUDGMENT

IN THE INTEREST OF C.H., A                 On Appeal from the 302nd Judicial
CHILD                                      District Court, Dallas County, Texas
                                           Trial Court Cause No. DF-20-07919.
No. 05-23-00300-CV                         Opinion delivered by Justice Garcia.
                                           Justices Pedersen, III and Kennedy
                                           participating.

    In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the appeal is
DISMISSED.

      It is ORDERED that appellee Sara Ann Hodges recover her costs of this
appeal from appellant Bradley Francis Goodell.

Judgment entered June 16, 2023.

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