Lilian Gloria Bowles v. Simon David Bowles

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: December 18, 2024
• Docket: 04-24-00415-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas MEMORANDUM OPINION No. 04-24-00415-CV

Lilian Gloria BOWLES, Appellant

v.

Simon David BOWLES, Appellee

From the 166th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2022-CI-11389 Honorable Christine Vasquez-Hortick, Judge Presiding

PER CURIAM

Sitting: Irene Rios, Justice Beth Watkins, Justice Liza A. Rodriguez, Justice

Delivered and Filed: December 18, 2024

DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION

Appellant Lilian Gloria Bowles filed a notice of appeal attempting to appeal the trial court’s

final divorce decree but stated in her notice of appeal that the final divorce decree “has not yet

been signed” by the trial court. The clerk’s record does not contain a final appealable judgment.

On September 17, 2024, we issued an order stating we did not have jurisdiction over this

appeal absent a final judgment and ordering appellant to show cause why this appeal should not

be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. See CMH Homes v. Perez, 340 S.W.3d 444, 447 (Tex. 2011)

(“Unless a statute authorizes an interlocutory appeal, appellate courts generally only have 04-24-00415-CV

jurisdiction over final judgments.”); In re A.H.L., No. 04-22-00002-CV, 2022 WL 849760, at *1

(Tex. App.—San Antonio Mar. 23, 2022, no pet.) (mem. op.).

On October 1, 2024, appellant Bowles filed a response to our motion acknowledging the

trial court still had not signed the final divorce decree but requesting this court maintain the appeal

pending the trial court’s ruling on several motions she filed with the trial court.

Because there is no final appealable judgment, we accordingly dismiss this appeal for lack

of jurisdiction. 1 See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a), (c).

1 On December 2, 2024, appellee Simon David Bowles filed a motion to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We dismiss appellee’s motion as moot.

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