DISMISS; and Opinion Filed July 18, 2013
S In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-13-00733-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF A.C.G., JR., A CHILD
On Appeal from the 254th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 12-08005-R
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Moseley, Bridges, and Lang-Miers
Opinion by Justice Lang-Miers
On April 25, 2012, the Office of the Attorney General filed an original petition in suit
affecting the parent-child relationship, asserting A.C.G.’s Mother and Father were separated and
seeking orders regarding conservatorship and support of A.C.G. The trial court signed a default
order on April 3, 2013, finding Father was obligated to provide support for A.C.G. The order,
however, did not appoint a managing conservator. See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 153.005 (West
2008) (providing that “[i]n a suit, . . . [i]f the parents are or will be separated, the court shall
appoint at least one managing conservator.”). Father appealed from the order. Because the order
did not appear to dispose of all the claims, we directed Father to file a letter brief addressing our
jurisdiction over the appeal. See Lehman v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001)
(subject to few, mostly statutory exceptions, appellate courts have jurisdiction only over appeals
from final judgments, that is, judgments disposing of all parties and claims in record). More than
ten days have lapsed since Father was directed to file the letter brief, and Father has not
responded or otherwise communicated with the Court.
Because the complained-of order did not dispose of all the issues, it is not final and does
not invoke our jurisdiction. See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 153.005; Lehman, 39 S.W.3d at 195.
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).
/Elizabeth Lang-Miers/
ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS
JUSTICE
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
JUDGMENT
IN THE INTEREST OF A. C. G., JR., A On Appeal from the 254th Judicial District
CHILD Court, Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 12-08005-R.
No. 05-13-00733-CV Opinion delivered by Justice Lang-Miers.
Justices Moseley and Bridges participating.
In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS the appeal.
We ORDER that appellees Shykeeda Simmons and the Office of the Attorney General
recover their costs, if any, of this appeal from appellant Anthony Glosson.
Judgment entered this 18th day of July, 2013.
/Elizabeth Lang-Miers/
ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS
JUSTICE
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