in the Interest of B. J. D.

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: October 1, 2015
• Docket: 09-15-00347-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-15-00347-CV ____________________

IN THE INTEREST OF B.J.D. ________________________________________________________________________

On Appeal from the 253rd District Court Liberty County, Texas Trial Cause No. CV 1509661 ________________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On August 21, 2015, Leonard Joseph DeJean filed a notice of appeal from

an order denying a motion for dismissal in a suit affecting the parent-child

relationship. We notified the parties that our jurisdiction was not apparent from the

notice of appeal and that the appeal would be dismissed for want of jurisdiction

unless a response demonstrating this Court’s jurisdiction was filed by September

16, 2015. The appellant did not file a response. The appellee did respond,

informing the Court that the trial court’s August 20, 2015 order is interlocutory,

and requested that the appeal be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

1 Generally, an appeal may be taken only from a final judgment. Lehmann v.

Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). Interlocutory orders may be

appealed only if a statute authorizes an accelerated appeal. Bally Total Fitness

Corp. v. Jackson, 53 S.W.3d 352, 352 (Tex. 2001); see Tex. R. App. P. 28.1. The

appellant has not filed a response showing that a judgment or an appealable order

has been signed. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3. We dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R.

App. P. 43.2(f).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

________________________________ LEANNE JOHNSON Justice

Submitted on September 30, 2015 Opinion Delivered October 1, 2015

Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.