N. F. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Appeal from 250th District Court of Travis County (memorandum opinion )
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-15-00543-CV N. F., Appellant v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 250TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-FM-14-002979, HONORABLE GISELA D. TRIANA, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION On August 27, 2015, appellant N.F., the children’s attorney/guardian ad litem in a parental-termination case, filed a notice of appeal. Although N.F.’s notice of appeal appeared to be an appeal from a final decree of termination, which was signed by the trial court on July 28, 2015, the clerk’s record later filed in this Court indicates that the trial court granted a motion for new trial. Upon review of the trial-court clerk’s record, the Clerk of this Court sent N.F. a letter informing her that the Court appears to lack jurisdiction over the appeal because we have no jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a judgment that is not final, unless there is specific statutory authority permitting an appeal before final judgment. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 51.012, .014(a). The Clerk requested a response informing us of any basis that exists for jurisdiction. N.F. has not responded. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a). __________________________________________ Cindy Olson Bourland, Justice Before Justices Puryear, Goodwin, and Bourland Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: October 16, 2015 2
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