Opinion
03-24-00359-CV
06-21-2024
Grant Hanson, Appellant v. Tara Louise Nugent, Appellee
FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY NO. 23-1352-FC1, THE HONORABLE BRANDY HALLFORD, JUDGE PRESIDING
BEFORE CHIEF JUSTICE BYRNE, JUSTICES SMITH AND THEOFANIS
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROSA LOPEZ THEOFANIS, JUSTICE
Grant Hanson has filed a pro se notice of appeal stating that he seeks to appeal from a temporary order in a family law case purportedly signed by the trial court on May 10, 2024. On June 10, 2024, the Clerk of this Court informed Hanson that this Court appears to lack jurisdiction because there is no signed final judgment or appealable order in the record. Hanson timely filed a response.
We construe pro se pleadings liberally and with patience, "pro se litigants must comply with the same rules and standards as those represented by attorneys." Housing Auth. of City of Austin v. Elbendary, 581 S.W.3d 488, 491 n.1 (Tex. App.-Austin 2019, no pet.).
This Court's jurisdiction is limited to appeals in which there exists a final judgment or appealable order that has been signed by a judge. Bonsmara Nat. Beef Co., LLC v. Hart of Tex. Cattle Feeders, LLC, 603 S.W.3d 385, 387 (Tex. 2020). Hanson agrees that there is no signed order but informs us that the trial court will sign an order at a hearing set for August 12, 2024. He asks us to treat the notice of appeal as premature and retain the case on the docket until that date. See Tex.R.App.P. 27.1 ("In a civil case, a prematurely filed notice of appeal is effective and deemed filed on the day of, but after, the event that begins the period for perfecting the appeal."). Temporary orders are not appealable, Tex. Fam. Code § 105.001(e), and the rules do "not require [appellate courts] to docket and hold an appeal open until there is an appealable judgment or order at some future date," Gordon v. Gordon, No. 03-20-00038-CV, 2020 WL 2989137, at *2 (Tex. App.-Austin June 3, 2020, no pet.) (mem. op.) (citing Ganesan v. Reeves, 236 S.W.3d 816, 817 (Tex. App.-Waco 2007, pet. denied)).
We dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex.R.App.P. 42.3(a).
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction