Angela Lynch Childers v. James Abraham Childers

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: October 30, 2025
• Docket: 02-25-00345-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-25-00345-CV ___________________________

ANGELA LYNCH CHILDERS, Appellant

V.

JAMES ABRAHAM CHILDERS, Appellee

On Appeal from County Court at Law No. 1 Parker County, Texas Trial Court No. CIV20-0362

Before Birdwell, Bassel, and Womack, JJ. Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant Angela Lynch Childers, proceeding pro se, attempts to appeal from

the trial court’s order denying her motion to recuse the trial judge. But “[a]n order

denying a motion to recuse may be reviewed only . . . on appeal from the final

judgment,” Tex. R. Civ. P. 18a(j)(1)(A), and, here, no final judgment has been entered.

Without a final judgment or an appealable interlocutory order, we lack appellate

jurisdiction. See Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195, 200 (Tex. 2001); see also

Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(a) (listing appealable interlocutory

orders); Hawkins v. Walker, 233 S.W.3d 380, 401 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2007, pet.

denied) (“An order denying a motion to recuse is an unappealable interlocutory

order.”).

On July 16, 2025, we notified Appellant of our concern that we lack jurisdiction

over this appeal because the order denying her motion to recuse does not appear to

be a final judgment or an appealable interlocutory order. We warned Appellant that

her appeal could be dismissed unless she filed a response by July 28, 2025, showing

grounds for continuing the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 44.3. Appellant then

requested an extension, and we gave her an additional thirty days to file her response.

More than thirty days have passed, and we have not received a response to our

jurisdiction letter.

2 Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P.

42.3(a), 43.2(f); Hawkins, 233 S.W.3d at 402 (declining to review order denying

appellants’ motion to recuse for lack of jurisdiction).

Per Curiam

Delivered: October 30, 2025