COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-18-00114-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF L.T. AND
M.T., CHILDREN
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FROM THE 235TH DISTRICT COURT OF COOKE COUNTY
TRIAL COURT NO. CV16-00467
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MEMORANDUM OPINION1
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On April 6, 2018, appellant M.L. filed a notice of appeal from the trial
court’s March 26, 2018 order granting appellee the Department of Family and
Protective Services a partial new trial, retaining the suit on its docket, and setting
hearing dates. Because the order did not appear to be a final or otherwise
appealable interlocutory order, we notified the parties that we would dismiss the
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See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
appeal unless any party responded showing grounds for continuing the appeal.
See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3, 44.3. M.L., apparently recognizing that we do not have
jurisdiction to review the March 26 order, responded that she would seek
mandamus relief from the order instead. Because we do not have jurisdiction
over the trial court’s interlocutory order, which is not immediately appealable, we
dismiss M.L.’s attempted appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3, 43.2(f); In re C.G.,
No. 02-16-00062-CV, 2016 WL 1393386, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Apr. 7,
2016, no pet.) (mem. op.).
/s/ Lee Gabriel
LEE GABRIEL
JUSTICE
PANEL: GABRIEL, KERR, and PITTMAN, JJ.
DELIVERED: May 24, 2018
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