Dismiss and Opinion Filed March 1, 2022
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-21-01047-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF A.G. AND V.G., CHILDREN
On Appeal from the 469th Judicial District Court
Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 469-52594-2016
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Schenck, Molberg, and Pedersen, III
Opinion by Justice Pedersen, III
This appeal challenges the trial court’s interlocutory orders denying
appellant’s special appearance and second motion to transfer venue filed in
connection with a petition to modify the parent-child relationship. It is well-settled,
however, that interlocutory orders are appealable only if authorized by statute. See
Jack B. Anglin Co., Inc. v. Tipps, 842 S.W.2d 266, 272 (Tex. 1992). Interlocutory
appeals from a special appearance order in a suit brought under the family code and
an order refusing to transfer a suit affecting parent-child relationship are specifically
prohibited. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014(a)(7) (special
appearance); TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 155.204(h) (transfer). In response to our
request for jurisdictional briefing, the parties do not dispute the orders are not
appealable.1 Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).
/Bill Pedersen, III//
211047f.p05 BILL PEDERSEN, III
JUSTICE
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Appellant asserts we have mandamus jurisdiction over the orders, and we have construed an
emergency motion filed in this appeal after we questioned our jurisdiction as a petition for writ of
mandamus. The petition has been assigned appellate cause number 05-22-00077-CV.
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
JUDGMENT
IN THE INTEREST OF A.G. AND On Appeal from the 469th Judicial
V.G., CHILDREN District Court, Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 469-52594-
No. 05-21-01047-CV 2016.
Opinion delivered by Justice
Pedersen, III, Justices Schenck and
Molberg participating.
In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS the appeal.
Judgment entered this day of March 1, 2022.
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