Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-07-04 12:07:27.875072+00
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                     San Antonio, Texas
                                 MEMORANDUM OPINION
                                        No. 04-23-00097-CV

            IN THE GUARDIANSHIP OF Javier J. TREVINO, an Incapacitated Person

                      From the County Court at Law No. 2, Webb County, Texas
                                Trial Court No. 2022PB6000079-L2
                            Honorable Victor Villarreal, Judge Presiding

PER CURIAM

Sitting:          Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice
                  Irene Rios, Justice
                  Beth Watkins, Justice

Delivered and Filed: June 28, 2023

DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION

           On January 31, 2023, counsel Armando Trevino filed a notice of appeal seeking to appeal

the trial court’s January 25, 2023 order granting the first amended motion to show authority. The

order concludes he does not have authority to represent Javier J. Trevino, the ward in the

proceedings, and strikes each pleading filed by him. He cites additional orders, but they do not

appear in the clerk’s record. Absent an appealable interlocutory order or written final judgment,

this court has no jurisdiction over this appeal. See Matter of Guardianship of Jones, 629 S.W.3d

921, 925 (Tex. 2021) (explaining order in guardianship proceeding was final judgment if it

disposed of all issues and all parties in particular phase of proceeding in which motion seeking

order filed); Bosch v. Harris Cnty., No. 14-13-00739-CV, 2013 WL 5503744, at *1 (Tex. App.—

Houston [14th Dist.] Oct. 1, 2013, no pet.) (concluding order on Rule 12 motion to show authority
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not appealable until merged into final judgment); see also Ogletree v. Matthews, 262 S.W.3d 316,

319 n.1 (Tex. 2007); Lehmann v. Har Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). We therefore

ordered counsel Armando Trevino to show cause in writing by June 5, 2023, why this appeal

should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Counsel Armando Trevino has not filed a response.

       Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a), (c).

                                                 PER CURIAM

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