in the Interest of R.W., a Child
Opinion
In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________
No. 02-20-00405-CV ___________________________
IN THE INTEREST OF R.W., A CHILD
On Appeal from the 415th District Court
Parker County, Texas
Trial Court No. CV17-0924
Before Sudderth, C.J.; Kerr and Birdwell, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Kerr MEMORANDUM OPINION
Pro se Appellant L.A.W. and Appellee L.M.W. were named R.W.’s joint managing conservators in their 2018 divorce decree. Two years later, L.A.W. filed a petition to modify the parent–child relationship, and L.M.W. filed a counterpetition. The trial court has entered temporary orders in the modification suit but has not yet held a final trial. L.A.W. admits in her reply brief that “[a] final hearing has not been held in the suit to modify the parent–child relationship.” She states that she is seeking an interlocutory appeal of the trial court’s temporary orders. 1 Such temporary orders are not subject to interlocutory appeal. See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 105.001(e); In re J.W.L., 291 S.W.3d 79, 83 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2009, orig. proceeding [mand. denied]) (“Generally, Texas appellate courts only have appellate jurisdiction over appeals from final judgments unless a statute specifically allows a particular type of interlocutory appeal.”); see also In re Derzapf, 219 S.W.3d 327, 335 (Tex. 2007) (orig. proceeding); In re Berryman, 629 S.W.3d 453, 457 (Tex. App.— Tyler 2020, orig. proceeding). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
/s/ Elizabeth Kerr
Elizabeth Kerr
Justice
Delivered: November 4, 2021
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