in the Interest of J. T., Minor Child

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: February 28, 2019
• Docket: 13-19-00041-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-19-00041-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________

IN THE INTEREST OF J. T., MINOR CHILD ____________________________________________________________

On appeal from the 430th District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Hinojosa Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Contreras

Appellant Alexis Renee Trevino attempted to perfect an appeal from a judgment

entered by the 430th District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas in cause number CW-0249-

16-J. Upon review of the documents before the Court, it appeared that there was no

final, appealable judgment dated January 17, 2019. On January 29, 2019, the Clerk of

this Court notified appellant of this defect so that steps could be taken to correct the

defect, if it could be done. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.1, 42.3. Appellant was advised that,

if the defect was not corrected within ten days from the date of receipt of the notice, the appeal would be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Appellant failed to respond to the

Court’s notice.

The Hidalgo County Clerk’s Office has informed this Court that no judgment was

entered on January 17, 2019. In terms of appellate jurisdiction, appellate courts only

have jurisdiction to review final judgments and certain interlocutory orders identified by

statute. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001).

The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellant's failure to

correct the defect in this matter, is of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for

want of jurisdiction. Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF

JURISDICTION. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a),(c).

DORI CONTRERAS Chief Justice

Delivered and filed the 28th day of February, 2019.