Opinion
No. 02-20-00409-CV
01-14-2021
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.
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