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dismissing for want of jurisdiction appeal of permanency hearing order
Summary of this case from In re Interest of L.L.B.Opinion
NO. 02-11-00442-CV
01-19-2012
IN THE INTEREST OF A.J., A CHILD
FROM THE 231ST DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
Appellant J.J. appeals from the trial court's permanency hearing order signed September 29, 2011 in the underlying case filed by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. On November 8, 2011, we notified the parties that we were concerned that this court may lack jurisdiction over this appeal because the permanency hearing order appears to be neither a final judgment nor an appealable interlocutory order. We indicated that this case could be dismissed for want of jurisdiction if the parties did not show grounds for continuing the appeal by November 18, 2011. As of this date, we have received no response.
Appellant has also filed a notice of appeal from the trial court's final judgment. That appeal remains pending. See In re A.J., No. 02-11-00517-CV (Tex. App.—Fort Worth filed Dec. 22, 2011).
Accordingly, because the permanency hearing order is neither a final judgment nor an appealable interlocutory order, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction, and we dismiss Appellant's request for appointed counsel for this appeal as moot.
See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(a) (West Supp. 2011) (listing appealable interlocutory orders); Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001) (providing general rule that an appeal may be taken only from a final judgment); In re J.D., 304 S.W.3d 522, 524, 527 (Tex. App—Waco 2009, no pet.) (holding order in suit affecting parent-child relationship interlocutory and unappealable when intervention was pending).
See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).
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PER CURIAM PANEL: DAUPHINOT, GARDNER, and WALKER, JJ.