Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2025

Julia Ann Poff v. William Harvey Poff

Julia Ann Poff v. William Harvey Poff
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided August 28, 2025

Julia Ann Poff v. William Harvey Poff

Opinion

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont __________________ NO. 09-25-00269-CV __________________ JULIA ANN POFF, Appellant V. WILLIAM HARVEY POFF, Appellee __________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the 253rd District Court Liberty County, Texas Trial Cause No. 23DC-CV-00103 __________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Julia Ann Poff filed a notice of appeal “regarding a temporary restraining order” in a post-divorce proceeding before the trial court. In a notice issued by the Clerk of the Court, we questioned whether the trial court has signed an appealable order. The Clerk warned the parties that unless our jurisdiction was established the appeal would be dismissed. Julia Ann Poff filed a response. She argues she should be allowed to appeal pursuant to a section of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code that permits an accelerated appeal of an interlocutory order that “grants or refuses a temporary injunction or grants or overrules a motion to dissolve a temporary injunction as provided by Chapter 65[.]” See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(4). Any temporary orders in this case, however, would have been made pursuant the Family Code. Temporary orders involving custody are not appealable.

See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §§ 105.001(e) (Temporary Order Before Final Order); 109.001(c) (Temporary Order During Pendency of Appeal). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on August 27, 2025 Opinion Delivered August 28, 2025 Before Golemon, C.J., Wright and Chambers, JJ.

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