In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-09-00130-CV
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IN THE INTEREST OF J.J.H., K.J.H., F.D.H. AND H.P.S.
Jefferson County, Texas
Trial Cause No. F-205,665
We notified the parties that our jurisdiction was not apparent from the notice of appeal and that we would dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction unless we received a response showing grounds for continuing the appeal. The appellant did not file a response.
Appellant seeks to appeal the trial court's "First Amended Order For Protection of a Child In an Emergency and Notice of Hearing." Generally, only final judgments are appealable. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). Interlocutory orders are appealable only if a statute permits appeal. Bally Total Fitness Corp. v. Jackson, 53 S.W.3d 352, 352 (Tex. 2001). No statute provides for an interlocutory appeal of a temporary order such as the one at issue in this case. See Tex. Fam. Code § 262.112(b) (Vernon 2008) (providing for "an expedited appeal on a ruling by a court that the child may not be removed from the child's home."); see generally In the Interest of N.J.G., 980 S.W.2d 764, 767 (Tex. App.--San Antonio 1998, no pet.). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
APPEAL DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION.
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DAVID GAULTNEY
Justice
Opinion Delivered May 14, 2009
Before Gaultney, Kreger, and Horton, JJ.