In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-13-00157-CV
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IN THE INTEREST OF R.T.W.
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On Appeal from the 317th District Court
Jefferson County, Texas
Trial Cause No. C-186,023-A
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
The appellant filed a notice of appeal from temporary orders in a suit affecting the
parent-child relationship. We questioned our jurisdiction and invited the parties to file
responses. No response has been filed. We also warned the appellant that the filing fee
must be paid unless she established indigence. The appellant neither asserted indigence
nor paid the filing fee.
Generally, an appeal may be taken only from a final judgment. Lehmann v.
Har–Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). Generally, temporary orders in
suits affecting the parent-child relationship “are not subject to interlocutory
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appeal.” Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 105.001 (West 2008). The appellant has not
shown that a statute authorizes an appeal at this time. Furthermore, the appellant
did not file a response within the schedule set by the Court. See Tex. R. App. P.
42.3. We dismiss the appeal. Id.
APPEAL DISMISSED.
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HOLLIS HORTON
Justice
Opinion Delivered May 16, 2013
Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.
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