in the Interest of K.S. and W.S., Children
Opinion
In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-20-00409-CV ___________________________
IN THE INTEREST OF K.S. AND W.S., CHILDREN
On Appeal from the 233rd District Court Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 233-532961-13
Before Bassel, Womack, and Wallach, JJ. Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant W.S. (Father) attempts to appeal from the trial court’s November 16,
2020 “Further Temporary Orders Modifying Prior Orders,” which were entered in a
suit affecting the parent–child relationship (SAPCR). We notified the parties that we
questioned our jurisdiction to hear Father’s appeal because the temporary orders were
neither final nor an otherwise appealable, interlocutory order. See Tex. R. App. P.
42.3. We asked for a response showing our jurisdiction and warned we could dismiss
the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 44.3. Father responded but did not address our
jurisdictional question.
We may consider appeals only from final judgments or from interlocutory
orders made immediately appealable by the Texas Legislature. See Bonsmara Nat. Beef
Co. v. Hart of Tex. Cattle Feeders, LLC, 603 S.W.3d 385, 390 (Tex. 2020). Temporary
orders entered in a SAPCR are not appealable, interlocutory orders. See Tex. Fam.
Code Ann. § 105.001(e). Thus, we do not have jurisdiction over Father’s attempted
appeal, and we dismiss it. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3, 43.2(f); In re Z.R., No. 02-20-
00273-CV, 2020 WL 5833633, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Oct. 1, 2020, no pet.)
(mem. op.) (dismissing appeal for want of jurisdiction because temporary orders
entered in SAPCR were neither final nor an otherwise appealable, interlocutory
order).
Per Curiam
Delivered: January 14, 2021
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