Fourth Court of Appeals
San Antonio, Texas
MEMORANDUM OPINION
No. 04-13-00861-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF J.O., J.G., A.G., Children
From the 218th Judicial District Court, Atascosa County, Texas
Trial Court No. 13-08-0786-CVA
Honorable Thomas F. Lee, Judge Presiding
PER CURIAM
Sitting: Rebeca C. Martinez, Justice
Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice
Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice
Delivered and Filed: February 5, 2014
DISMISSED
Appellants Alfredo Leal and Elida Leal seek to appeal from an order granting the
Department of Family and Protective Services’s motion to strike their Original Petition for
Adoption of Children and in the Alternative Motion to Modify Parent Child Relationship signed
on November 7, 2013. The clerk’s record does not contain a signed final order or judgment, and
the trial court clerk has informed this court that no order or judgment has been filed in the case.
On December 23, 2013 we ordered appellants to show cause in writing within fifteen days why
this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Appellants did not respond. Absent
an appealable interlocutory order or final judgment in writing, this court has no jurisdiction over
this appeal. See Ogletree v. Matthews, 262 S.W.3d 316, 319 n.1 (Tex. 2007); Lehmann v. Har
Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001); Northeast Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Aldridge, 400 S.W.2d
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893, 895 (Tex. 1966). Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. See TEX. R.
APP. P. 42.3(a).
PER CURIAM
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