NUMBER 13-15-00053-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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IN THE INTEREST OF H. M. C. S., A CHILD
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On appeal from the 24th District Court
of DeWitt County, Texas.
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Garza
Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam
Appellants, James W. Sanders and Lori Sanders, attempted to perfect an appeal
from an order issued by the 24th District Court in cause no. 14-10-23,209. Documents
before the Court indicate this is a suit affecting parent-child relationship and a status
hearing order was issued by the trial court on January 6, 2015.
Upon review of the documents before the Court, it appeared that there was no
final, appealable judgment. On February 4, 2015, the Clerk of this Court notified
appellants of this defect so that steps could be taken to correct the defect, if it could be
done. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.1, 42.3. Appellants were advised that, if the defect was
not corrected within ten days from the date of receipt of the notice, the appeal would be
dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Appellants have responded stating the reasons for
appeal are that the home study has many non-truths and their grandchild should remain
with them.
In terms of appellate jurisdiction, appellate courts only have jurisdiction to review
final judgments and certain interlocutory orders identified by statute. Lehmann v. Har-
Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). The Court, having considered the
documents on file and appellant's failure to correct the defect in this matter, is of the
opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Accordingly, the
appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a),(c).
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed the 26th
day of February, 2015.
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