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                            Fourth Court of Appeals
                                    San Antonio, Texas
                                         January 25, 2023

                                       No. 04-22-00823-CV

                                  Eduardo Martinez ARIZALA,
                                           Appellant

                                                 v.

                            Lourdes Lizeth MARTINEZ ARIZALA,
                                           Appellee

                   From the 73rd Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                 Trial Court No. 2022CI14443
                        Honorable Mary Lou Alvarez, Judge Presiding

                                          ORDER

        On December 8, 2022, Eduardo Martinez Arizala, appellant, filed a notice of appeal
stating his intent to appeal a divorce decree. The clerk’s record was filed on January 12, 2023.
Although the clerk’s record contains the judge’s notes, the clerk’s record does not contain a final
judgment. See In re L.H., No. 04-13-00174-CV, 2013 WL 3804585, at *1 (Tex. App.—San
Antonio July 17, 2013, no pet.) (noting judge’s notes do not constitute a final order) (mem. op.).
In response to this court’s inquiry, the trial court clerk confirmed that the clerk’s record contains
no final order. “[A]n appeal may be prosecuted only from a final judgment. N.E. Indep. Sch.
Dist. v. Aldridge, 400 S.W.2d 893, 895 (Tex. 1966). Because no final order has been entered in
the underlying case, appellant is ORDERED to show cause in writing within ten days from the
date of this order why this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

       It is so ORDERED on January 25, 2023.
                                                                     PER CURIAM

       ATTESTED TO:__________________________
                   MICHAEL A. CRUZ,
                   CLERK OF COURT