Court Opinion

ID: 9966152
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-05-06 07:10:53.653837+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:25:34.310967
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In the
        Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
         at Fort Worth
    ___________________________
         No. 02-24-00145-CV
    ___________________________

  IN THE INTEREST OF T.E., A CHILD

  On Appeal from the 231st District Court
          Tarrant County, Texas
      Trial Court No. 231-737023-23

 Before Womack, Wallach, and Walker, JJ.
 Memorandum Opinion by Justice Womack
                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Appellant C.R. (Mother) seeks to appeal the trial court’s “Initial Permanency

Hearing Order Before Final Order” (the Order).

      On April 9, 2024, we notified Mother of our concern that we lacked

jurisdiction over this appeal because the Order did not appear to be a final judgment

or appealable interlocutory order. See Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195,

200 (Tex. 2001) (holding that, generally, appeals may be taken only from final

judgments or interlocutory orders authorized by statute); In re S.E.M., No. 12-05-

00008-CV, 2005 WL 612839, at *1 (Tex. App.—Tyler Mar. 16, 2005, no pet.) (per

curiam) (mem. op.) (dismissing appeal of order entered after an initial permanency

hearing for want of jurisdiction because order was not a final judgment or an

appealable interlocutory order).

      We informed Mother that unless she or any party filed a response showing

grounds for continuing the appeal, we could dismiss it for want of jurisdiction. See

Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 44.3. While Mother has filed a response, it does not show

grounds for continuing the appeal.1 Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of

jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f); Lehmann, 39 S.W.3d at 195, 200;

S.E.M., 2005 WL 612839, at *1.

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       Mother’s response addresses the merits of her challenges to the Order without
addressing the jurisdictional issue.

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                             /s/ Dana Womack

                             Dana Womack
                             Justice

Delivered: May 2, 2024

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