In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-15-00347-CV
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IN THE INTEREST OF B.J.D.
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On Appeal from the 253rd District Court
Liberty County, Texas
Trial Cause No. CV 1509661
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
On August 21, 2015, Leonard Joseph DeJean filed a notice of appeal from
an order denying a motion for dismissal in a suit affecting the parent-child
relationship. We notified the parties that our jurisdiction was not apparent from the
notice of appeal and that the appeal would be dismissed for want of jurisdiction
unless a response demonstrating this Court’s jurisdiction was filed by September
16, 2015. The appellant did not file a response. The appellee did respond,
informing the Court that the trial court’s August 20, 2015 order is interlocutory,
and requested that the appeal be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
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Generally, an appeal may be taken only from a final judgment. Lehmann v.
Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). Interlocutory orders may be
appealed only if a statute authorizes an accelerated appeal. Bally Total Fitness
Corp. v. Jackson, 53 S.W.3d 352, 352 (Tex. 2001); see Tex. R. App. P. 28.1. The
appellant has not filed a response showing that a judgment or an appealable order
has been signed. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3. We dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R.
App. P. 43.2(f).
APPEAL DISMISSED.
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LEANNE JOHNSON
Justice
Submitted on September 30, 2015
Opinion Delivered October 1, 2015
Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.
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