Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-09 07:07:56.182199+00
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Dismiss and Opinion Filed August 7, 2023

                                       In The
                            Court of Appeals
                     Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                               No. 05-23-00253-CV

                   IN THE INTEREST OF N.G.M., A CHILD

                On Appeal from the 301st Judicial District Court
                             Dallas County, Texas
                     Trial Court Cause No. DF-22-05861

                        MEMORANDUM OPINION
               Before Justices Partida-Kipness, Reichek, and Miskel
                            Opinion by Justice Reichek
      This appeal was filed after the Office of the Attorney General filed a notice in

the trial court that it was nonsuiting its petition to establish the parent-child

relationship, the sole affirmative pleading in the underlying cause. Because nothing

before us indicated the trial court had signed an order of nonsuit or other appealable

order or judgment, we questioned our jurisdiction over the appeal. See Jack B.

Anglin Co., Inc. v. Tipps, 842 S.W.2d 266, 272 (Tex. 1992) (appellate courts have

jurisdiction over final judgments that dispose of all parties and claims and

interlocutory orders authorized by statute to be appealed); see also Farmer v. Ben E.

Keith Co., 907 S.W.2d 495, 496 (Tex. 1995) (per curiam) (appellate timetable runs
from date judgment is signed, not form filing of pleading). Although we gave

appellant an opportunity to demonstrate jurisdiction, he has failed to do so.

Accordingly, on the record before us, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).

230253f.p05                                /Amanda L. Reichek//
                                           AMANDA L. REICHEK
                                           JUSTICE

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                           Court of Appeals
                    Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                 JUDGMENT

IN THE INTEREST OF N.G.M., A                On Appeal from the 301st Judicial
CHILD                                       District Court, Dallas County, Texas
                                            Trial Court Cause No. DF-22-05861.
No. 05-23-00253-CV                          Opinion delivered by Justice
                                            Reichek, Justices Partida-Kipness
                                            and Miskel participating.

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

Judgment entered this 7th day of August 2023.

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