In the Interest of L.I.M., a child Appeal from 366th Judicial District Court of Collin County (memorandum opinion )
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DISMISS; and Opinion Filed October 28, 2016. S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-16-00913-CV IN THE INTEREST OF L.I.M., A CHILD On Appeal from the 366th Judicial District Court Collin County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 366-56180-2013 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Bridges, Lang-Miers, and Whitehill Opinion by Justice Lang-Miers Because temporary orders in family law cases are not subject to direct appeal, we instructed appellant to file a letter brief explaining how this Court has jurisdiction over this appeal from the trial court’s temporary order directing appellant to submit to drug testing. See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 105.001(e) (West 2014); Mason v. Mason, 256 S.W.3d 716, 718 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2008, no pet.) Appellant complied, but his argument attacks the propriety of the order instead of the Court’s jurisdiction. As nothing in the record before us demonstrates we have jurisdiction, we dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a). /Elizabeth Lang-Miers/ ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS JUSTICE 160913F.P05 S Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas JUDGMENT IN THE INTEREST OF L.I.M., A CHILD On Appeal from the 366th Judicial District Court, Collin County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 366-56180-2013. Opinion delivered by Justice Lang-Miers. Justices Bridges and Whitehill participating. No. 05-16-00913-CV In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS the appeal. We ORDER appellee Melanie S. Lusk recover her costs, if any, of this appeal from appellant Robert James Moore. Judgment entered this 28th day of October, 2016. –2–
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