In the Interest of J.C., a Child v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 24, 2025
• Docket: 02-25-00249-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-25-00249-CV ___________________________

IN THE INTEREST OF J.C., A CHILD

On Appeal from the 442nd District Court Denton County, Texas Trial Court No. 16-01206-442

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

Appellant Mother, 1 proceeding pro se, attempts to appeal from the trial court’s

“Temporary Orders in Suit to Modify Parent–Child Relationship.” We dismiss the

appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).

Generally, appeals may be taken only from final judgments and from certain

interlocutory orders made immediately appealable by statute. See Lehmann v. Har-Con

Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001); see also Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann.

§ 51.014(a) (listing appealable interlocutory orders). Without a final judgment or an

appealable interlocutory order, we lack jurisdiction over the appeal, and we must

dismiss it. See Lehmann, 39 S.W.3d at 195, 200. Temporary orders entered in a suit

affecting the parent–child relationship are not appealable interlocutory orders. Tex.

Fam. Code Ann. § 105.001(e); see In re K.S., No. 02-20-00409-CV, 2021 WL 126596, at

*1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Jan. 14, 2021, no pet.) (mem. op.) (dismissing appeal for

want of jurisdiction because temporary orders entered in suit affecting parent–child

relationship not immediately appealable).

We notified Mother that we questioned our jurisdiction over this appeal

because the temporary-orders ruling from which she attempts to appeal does not

appear to be a final judgment or an appealable interlocutory order. We warned

Mother that unless she filed a response by June 30, 2025, showing grounds for

In suits affecting the parent–child relationship, we use initials or aliases for the 1

names of the children and their parents. See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 109.002(d); Tex. R. App. P. 9.8(b)(2).

2 continuing the appeal, this appeal could be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See Tex.

R. App. P. 42.3(a), 44.3. We did not receive a response.

Because the temporary orders from which Mother attempts to appeal are

neither final nor immediately appealable, we lack jurisdiction over this appeal. See

Lehmann, 39 S.W.3d at 195, 200. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of

jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).

Per Curiam

Delivered: July 24, 2025