in the Matter of the Marriage of Dina Reyna and Timothy Teague

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: June 10, 2021
• Docket: 07-21-00115-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

No. 07-21-00115-CV

IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE OF ANNA DINA REYNA AND TIMOTHY MICHAEL TEAGUE AND IN THE INTEREST OF O.M.T. AND T.Z.T., CHILDREN

On Appeal from the 46th District Court Wilbarger County, Texas Trial Court No. 29268, Honorable Dan Mike Bird, Presiding

June 10, 2021 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before QUINN, C.J., and PARKER and DOSS, JJ.

Appellant Timothy Michael Teague, proceeding pro se, appeals from the trial

court’s Temporary Orders issued in a pending divorce proceeding between Teague and

Appellee, Anna Dina Reyna. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Generally, appellate courts only have jurisdiction over final judgments, those that

dispose of all pending parties and claims. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191,

195 (Tex. 2001). We have jurisdiction to consider immediate appeals of interlocutory

orders only if a statute explicitly provides appellate jurisdiction. Stary v. DeBord, 967 S.W.2d 352, 352–53 (Tex. 1998). A temporary order issued in a divorce proceeding is

neither a final judgment nor an interlocutory order made immediately appealable by

statute. See In re Marriage of Henry, No. 14-21-00080-CV, 2021 Tex. App. LEXIS 2388,

at *2 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Mar. 30, 2021, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op.)

(dismissing appeal from temporary orders issued in a divorce proceeding for want of

jurisdiction).

By letter of May 19, 2021, we notified Teague that it did not appear that a final

judgment or appealable order had been issued by the trial court and directed him to show

how we have jurisdiction over this appeal. Teague has filed a response but did not

demonstrate grounds for continuing the appeal.

Because Teague has not presented this Court with a final judgment or appealable

order, the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).

Per Curiam